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| 12895 | Appalachian Mountain Club Camp - Southwest Harbor |
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| The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934. | 
Description: The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934. | |||||
| 14797 | Huguenot Head Pickett Mountain |
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| 14689 | Main Street, Southwest Harbor |
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| “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. | 
Description: “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more] | ||||
| 13751 | Indian Lot |
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| Now the site of "Indian Lot Cottage" built in 1927 by the Norwoods for George Ashbridge Rhoads and still owned, in 2007, by Rhoads descendents, the Obbard family. "I think it was the same year (1847) that fifteen or twenty Indians from Oldtown camped on the salt water shore opposite Parkers. The chief said they had been rehearsing their old customs and would like the right to give an exhibition if a hall could be found that was large enough. The woolen factory was not in use at that time so it was opened for the purpose…The Indians dressed in their war paint and feathers and gave their dances with flourishing tomahawks and blood-curdling yells. One of the tribe could play the violin with considerable skill…" - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 255 - 1938. "For many years Indians from Oldtown came every summer and encamped on the rocky lot across from the Parker property. They pitched their tents and remained for the summer, selling their baskets. The men roamed the woods gathering sweet grass and occasionally cutting an ash tree, which right they were vouchsafed by the owners of the land as it was an unwritten law that the Indians could have an occasional tree to use in their work from the land that, not so long before, had belonged entirely to them. They were quiet, law-abiding neighbors and the encampment was one of the picturesque sights of the town. When in 1925 George A. Rhoads of Wilmington, Delaware, built his house on the camp site, he called it Indian Lot.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. "Indians from Oldtown, Maine camped on the rocks across [Clark Point Road] from our house [the Parker house at 143 Clark Point Road] each summer. They lived in tents and sold baskets, moccasins and small birch bark canoes. Some of the baskets were made of wood and some almost entirely of sweetgrass which had a very pleasant odor. This grass was secured from the marshes at Bass Harbor and would be cured by being hung up in large bunches. They also cut some ash wood for use in making the wooden baskets. As the same Indians returned year after year we became well acquainted with them. In later years the older Indian boys played baseball with us." - “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894” by Jesse L. Parker, p. 40, manuscript, 1955. This valuable manuscript is a narrative of the early history of the town by an eyewitness. There are largely unknown or unreported facts on almost every page. See “Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920’s” by Bunny McBride and Harlod E. L. Prins. | 
Description: Now the site of "Indian Lot Cottage" built in 1927 by the Norwoods for George Ashbridge Rhoads and still owned, in 2007, by Rhoads descendents, the Obbard family. "I think it was the same year (1847) that fifteen or twenty Indians from Oldtown camped on the salt water shore opposite Parkers. The chief said they had been rehearsing their old customs and would like the right to give an exhibition if a hall could be found that was large enough. The woolen factory was not in use at that time so it was opened for the purpose…The Indians dressed in their war paint and feathers and gave their dances with flourishing tomahawks and blood-curdling yells. One of the tribe could play the violin with considerable skill…" - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 255 - 1938. "For many years Indians from Oldtown came every summer and encamped on the rocky lot across from the Parker property. They pitched their tents and remained for the summer, selling their baskets. The men roamed the woods gathering sweet grass and occasionally cutting an ash tree, which right they were vouchsafed by the owners of the land as it was an unwritten law that the Indians could have an occasional tree to use in their work from the land that, not so long before, had belonged entirely to them. They were quiet, law-abiding neighbors and the encampment was one of the picturesque sights of the town. When in 1925 George A. Rhoads of Wilmington, Delaware, built his house on the camp site, he called it Indian Lot.” - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. "Indians from Oldtown, Maine camped on the rocks across [Clark Point Road] from our house [the Parker house at 143 Clark Point Road] each summer. They lived in tents and sold baskets, moccasins and small birch bark canoes. Some of the baskets were made of wood and some almost entirely of sweetgrass which had a very pleasant odor. This grass was secured from the marshes at Bass Harbor and would be cured by being hung up in large bunches. They also cut some ash wood for use in making the wooden baskets. As the same Indians returned year after year we became well acquainted with them. In later years the older Indian boys played baseball with us." - “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894” by Jesse L. Parker, p. 40, manuscript, 1955. This valuable manuscript is a narrative of the early history of the town by an eyewitness. There are largely unknown or unreported facts on almost every page. See “Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920’s” by Bunny McBride and Harlod E. L. Prins. [show more] | |||
| 13477 | Deacon's Cove, Southwest Harbor Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor |
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| The cove was named for Deacon Henry Higgins Clark. |  Deacon's Cove, Southwest Harbor Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor
Description: The cove was named for Deacon Henry Higgins Clark. | ||||
| 13433 | Clark Point Road |
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| 12777 | 363 Main Street, Southwest Harbor |
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| 13808 | Eugene M. Norwood Square |
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| The square is at the junction of Main Street and Seal Cove Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | 
Description: The square is at the junction of Main Street and Seal Cove Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. | ||||
| 13470 | Native American Camp at Bar Harbor - "Indian Village" Second Location |
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| 15929 | Indian Villages - Bar Harbor |
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| 16282 | The Benjamin Herrick Dodge House The Charlotte Rhoades House and Park |
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| 3621 | Placentia Island |
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| Placentia Island is an uninhabited 522 acre island in Blue Hill Bay, between Swans Island and Bass Harbor. The island was inhabited by Art and Nan Kellam from 1949 to 1985. | 
Description: Placentia Island is an uninhabited 522 acre island in Blue Hill Bay, between Swans Island and Bass Harbor. The island was inhabited by Art and Nan Kellam from 1949 to 1985. | ||||
| 16248 | 48 Shore Road |
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| 15603 | Southwest Harbor - The Road to Ellsworth |
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| 15582 | Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity |
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| 16000 | Otter Creek Cliffs |
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| 13126 | Spouting Horn |
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| 14130 | Schooner Head |
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| Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park. | 
Description: Note: While Schooner Head is completely surrounded by Acadia National Park, it is privately owned and not part of the park. | |||
| 12915 | Pickering Square |
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| Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market. | 
Description: Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market. | ||||
| 14302 | Old Burying Ground - Southwest Harbor |
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| Oldest burial ground on Mount Desert Island. Established by the Rev. Ebenezer Eaton, pastor of the First Congregational Church, in his own field. Eaton was called in 1801, was not ordained until 1823, and was active until 1834. Many burials have been removed. | 
Description: Oldest burial ground on Mount Desert Island. Established by the Rev. Ebenezer Eaton, pastor of the First Congregational Church, in his own field. Eaton was called in 1801, was not ordained until 1823, and was active until 1834. Many burials have been removed. | |||
| 15918 | Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp |
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| The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation). |  Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp
Description: The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation). | |||
| 13524 | Precipice Trail |
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| 12972 | Village Green, Southwest Harbor |
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| 12992 | The Ovens Cathedral Rock |
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| 14133 | Monument Cove |
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