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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200K_the-ywca-and-jesup-memorial-library_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Mrs. John S. Kennedy had the YWCA built in 1913 to provide housing for young women who came to town to work in the many summer cottages. It continues to provide housing for women to this day. The Jesup Memorial Library was built in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200G_the-abbe-museum-congregational-church_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
The original Abbe Museum, which still exists at Sieur de Monts Spring, was founded by Dr. Robert Abbe, a surgeon from New York and a Bar Harbor summer resident, who assembled a collection of early Native American artifacts found in the Frenchman B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200F_picture-perfect_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Sometimes air pollution obscures views like this from Cadillac Mountain and poses a threat to human health, Acadia's water quality, and vegetation. A large percentage of the pollution comes from out of state. Converging air currents from the South…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200D_volcanic-landscape-exposed_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
You are standing on granite rock formed millions of years ago when a very hot liquid cooled deep below the Earth's surface. Trapped in a magma chamber more than two miles deep, the 1,652°F (900° C) liquid crystallized into the mineral rich, pink…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200B_to-the-top_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
On foot, by rail, by road - people have made their way to the summit of Cadillac Mountain for centuries. Noticing the influx of vacationing rusticators in the late 1800s, entrepreneur Frank Clergue devised an ambitious system in which carriages ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM200A_signs-of-the-seasons_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
As Acadia's seasons change, so too does this view. Spring signals tightly wound ferns to unfurl their feathery foliage. Warming weather teases luna moths from their cocoons. As long summer days approach, bright green leaves of the birch trees blan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-de6d5_wigwam-wikuwam_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
house; dwelling; building; in Passamaquoddy and MaliseetThe exhibit before you is a handmade, traditional birchbark wigwam originally built by Penobscot artist Barry Dana and his family in August 2011.Like all homes, it requires yearly maintenance…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-f2773_wabanaki-traditions_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Long before Europeans arrived, Wabanaki people hunted, fished, gathered berries, and harvested clams on what we now call Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. For generations, Wabanaki craftspeople sold handmade ash and sweet-grass baskets…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-69ac0_the-french-connection_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Frenchman Bay, in front of you, and other prominent names commemorate the region's rich French heritage, "Acadia" stems from "Arcadia," a term used by Giovanni Verrazano's expedition to describe the Atlantic coast in 1524. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-4a86b_ocean-highways_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Frenchman Bay extends seven miles between Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula, which lies beyond the Porcupine Islands. For centuries, humans have plied these bountiful waters to fish, trade, and enjoy the scenery. In the long struggle …