Research
Sources:
"A Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer
Isle, Maine" by George Hosmer (originally
printed in 1886; 3rd edition reprint
by Maple Vail Press, Deer Isle — Stonington
Historical Society, Sunset, Maine: 2001), "the
Coast of Maine," by Louise Dickinson Rich
(Down East Books, Camden, Maine), "Deer
Isle, Maine — From Pre-History to the Present,"
by Edith Spofford-Watts (Penobscot Press: 1997),
"An Island Women — Salome Sylvester
Sellers," by Caroline Smith Rittenhouse
(Peg Mitten Press, Stonington, Maine), and "A
Maine Town in the Civil War," by Vernal
Hutchinson (The Bond Wheelwright Company, Publishers
of Freeport Maine: 1957).
Thanks to the Deer Isle Granite Museum, the
Salome Sellers House & Museum, the Deer
Isle — Stonington Historical Society, the Deer
Isle and Stonington Public Libraries, the Island
Heritage Trust for conservation and maintenance
of the Settlement Quarry and the Old Quarry
Campground for providing us a place in the woods
to call home for a few days.
Granite Workers Memorial ~ |
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Salome Sellers House in Sunset ~ |
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Stonington ~ |
Photography Credits:
1789 Map, George Hosmer, Road Construction, the
Ferry, Town of Deer Isle, Salome Sellers, Port of
Stonington, Charles Gray, Plat of Green's Landing,
the Goss Quarry, Defender Crew, Settlement Quarry,
Stonington early 1900s, the Bridge Opening, Town
of Deer Isle in 1914, Salome Sellers House ~
Deer Isle - Stonington Historical Society. The
2nd Maine ~ Library of Congress (from A
Maine Town in the Civil War). All other photographs
~ InHeritage.
Kerri in camp ~ |
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Dave in camp ~ |
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View from camp ~ |
Further
Area Information:
Salome
Sellers House / Deer Isle — Stonington Historical
Society: (open July —Sept.)
The
Settlement Quarry / The Island Heritage Trust:
P.O. Box 42, Deer Isle, ME 04627
Deer
Isle Granite Museum: (207) 367-6331 (open Memorial
Day to Labor Day)
A History of Deer Isle, Maine - Table of Contents
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Introduction
The Isles and Early Exploration
The First Inhabitants
and the First Settlers
The Early Days of Revolution
and Civilization
Another War and Another
Peace
The Civil War in this
Maine Town
Island Life and the Coming
Prosperity
A New Century
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