Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap":
Description: Bar Harbor - When the archaeologists of summer probe the fragile layers of Great Gott Island history, they say the faint bark of an Indian dog is freed. It was Maine writer Ruth Moore who first imagined the dog's bark, as she sifted through the sand and sod on her native Great Gott Island, pausing later to reflect on the island's history in her poem, "The Indian Shell Heap":
Back Row – Left to Right: Candyce Donahue (Keown) Emlen, Mrs. Jay Cooke Emlen Rae Chalmers, Mrs. Richard Vander Zanden Elizabeth "Betsy" Jackson, Mrs. John Hewlett Ann Moore Markham (1950-), Mrs. H. Lee Judd Ellen Mercer, Mrs. Victor Mercer Jane E. Tawney (1950-), then Mrs. Samuel A. Shaw Anne Elizabeth (LaHines) Wells, Mrs. Edward Randolph Welles III Loraine (Allen) Saunders, Mrs. Joseph G. Saunders (1933-) Front Row - Left to Right: Emily Henry? Lauren Vander Zanden Alison Vander Zanden Lucy Shaw Hannah Shaw
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Candyce Donahue (Keown) Emlen, Mrs. Jay Cooke Emlen Rae Chalmers, Mrs. Richard Vander Zanden Elizabeth "Betsy" Jackson, Mrs. John Hewlett Ann Moore Markham (1950-), Mrs. H. Lee Judd Ellen Mercer, Mrs. Victor Mercer Jane E. Tawney (1950-), then Mrs. Samuel A. Shaw Anne Elizabeth (LaHines) Wells, Mrs. Edward Randolph Welles III Loraine (Allen) Saunders, Mrs. Joseph G. Saunders (1933-) Front Row - Left to Right: Emily Henry? Lauren Vander Zanden Alison Vander Zanden Lucy Shaw Hannah Shaw [show more]
Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Description: Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton. [show more]
In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years.
Description: In the War of 1812, during the British blockade of the east coast, two British frigates, HMS Junon and HMS Tenedos, chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead Harbor and the safety of Fort Sewall. July 1997, in honor of the 200th anniversary of USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides," commissioning, Capt. William Harland Kelley was chosen to sail the famous 204’, 3-masted wooden frigate out of Boston, into Marblehead Harbor and back to Boston. This was her first independent sail in 116 years. [show more]
An account of the summer visitors and native population on Gotts Island starting in the 1890's, the book describes the island experience, the families, and changes that took place over the next 100 years.
Description: An account of the summer visitors and native population on Gotts Island starting in the 1890's, the book describes the island experience, the families, and changes that took place over the next 100 years.