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Somesville History is Family History for Chauncey Somes
Photocopy of Bar Harbor Times article describing aspects of Somesville history and biography of Chauncey Somes. Contains photograph of Chauncey Somes, early Somesville buildings including the wool carding mill and the library.
Mount Desert Island's Granite Heritage
Three page article describing the history of the construction of the carriage roads, bridges and gatehouses of Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island.
June Groundbreaking Planned for New Historical Museum
This Bar Harbor Times newspaper clipping describes plans for the construction of a new museum building by the MDI Historical Society. The building to be located on Rt. 102 at the intersection of Oak Hill Road in Somesville was designed by …
Heartland: Emery District Farmers Wage Losing Battle to Save their Working Farms
Two page article with photographs describing the struggling farms in the agricultural district of Mt. Desert Island.
Lighthouses Symbolize the Reach and Hazards of Blue Water Around MDI
Two copies of one page articles on history and description of lighthouses in the vicinity of Mt. Desert Island.
Bass Harbor Marsh: Biologists still don't know the source of all the pollution
Article describes results and subsequent action of a 1987 study of sources of pollution in the Bass Harbor Marsh and Marshall Brook. The Worcester Landfill was determined to be a source of leachate. An associate article , "The marsh has be…
Photograph of wrecked vessel at Sand Beach
Photograph of vessel Tye uncovered on Sand Beach by tides and surf following a storm. The Tye was wrecked around 1910.
Coldest Wave in Years Visits Mt. Desert Island
Article describes extremely cold weather in the winter of 1934.
The Bar Harbor Times Volume 76 Number 22
Entire issue of The Bar Harbor Times, number 22 of volume 76.
