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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-28cf4_bar-harbor-soldiers-monument-a-war-memorial_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Two surviving Rodman/Dahlgren Cannon mounted onnearby Egg Rock in 1898 as part of the Coastal Defense Batteryat Frenchman's Bay, Bar Harbor.————————————-This plaque honorsthos…
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Agamont Park is named after the Agamont House, built by Tobias Roberts in 1857 as Bar Harbor's first hotel. It burned down in 1888. The unusual name was supposedly given by his granddaughter who called this hill on the water "Aqua Mont." Many earl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UC_cadillac-mountain_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Cadillac Mountin is Acadia National Park's highest elevation and most comprehensive viewpoint. It is also the highest point on the United States Atlantic Coast (1,500 feet/466m). If you stood here alone at dawn you might be the first person in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10U5_stephen-tyng-mather_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TF_thunder-hole-ranger-station_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Built as a ranger residence in 1934, the Thunder Hole ranger station later housed the first interpretive displays in the park. Rangers were stationed here to answer visitor questions and present programs about the park.
The Civilian Conservatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TD_satterlee-field_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Satterlee Field of approximately100 acres was donated in 1949 byEleanor Morgan Satterleeto the United States of Americain memory of her mother,Louisa P. Satterleeas part ofAcadia National Park
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TC_sand-beach_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
Along Acadia National Park's rocky shores, there is only one sand beach. Over 15,000 years ago glacial ice carved out this valley. Melting glaciers and rising sea waters flooded it, creating a protected cove. A headland and a rock shelf offshore d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TB_forever-protected_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
As you explore Acadia National Park, you will discover private property interspersed with park lands. Many large national parks, like Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, were carved from the public domain as single, vast tracts of land. Acadia, in contr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TA_peregrine-falcons-return-to-acadia_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
The recovery of the peregrine falcon is one of the great environmental success stories of our time. Although they once nested on the east face of Champlain Mountain above you, by 1964 peregrines had become extinct throughout the eastern United Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10T9_sieur-de-monts-spring-the-heart-of-acadia-national-park_Bar-Harbor-ME.html
This spring was truly a magnificent one...wonderfully placed, with the mountains rising steeply up beside it, contrasting with the Great and Little Meadow lands on either side.George B. Dorr, 1942
Like others before him, George B. Dorr, the fou…