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1999An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
  • Henry T. Reath
  • 2000
  • 6
  • typescript
An Abbreviated History of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1999   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Henry T. Reath
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0511
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert - An Informal History (ed. by Gunnar Hansen) and embellished with personal observations of Henry Reath...
1485Story of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Places, Town
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
  • 1959
  • 79
  • manuscript
Story of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1485   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Samuel Eliot Morison
Date:
  • 1959
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0002 SEM
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 79
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
...This collection contains Morison's handwritten speech and his edited typed copy of the talk on Mount Desert Island history he gave in 1959 to benefit island...
1722Mount Desert Island Facts
  • Document, List
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
  • 4
Mount Desert Island Facts
Item:
  • 1722   
Type:
  • Document, List
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0234
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • 4
Description:
...General facts, statistics, historical and political information of Mount Desert Island...
1540Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Document, List, Bibliography
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
  • Donald W. Norton
  • 1985
  • 2 copies
  • typescript
Bibliography of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 1540   
Type:
  • Document, List, Bibliography
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Literature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Donald W. Norton
Date:
  • 1985
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0051 DN
Location:
  • General Collection Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Comprehensive list of books, journals, and other printed media of Mount Desert Island and environs...
2264Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 26 typed sheets
  • paper
  • good
Preliminary Timeline Mount Desert History
Item:
  • 2264   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0788
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 26 typed sheets
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...An historical timeline of Mount Desert from 1590 to 2001. See also Item 1971...
2080History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
  • 21
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Item:
  • 2080   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0594
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
...History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map...Several maps show all the island's towns...
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
1584A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
  • Maureen McFarland
  • 1981
  • 34
  • typescript
A Study of the Folklore of Mount Desert Island and the Surrounding Islands
Item:
  • 1584   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mythology
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Maureen McFarland
Date:
  • 1981
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0096
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 34
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Desert Island and surrounding islands by Ms. McFarland done as a high school term paper...
1897It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 2002
  • pages 7-9
  • newspaper
It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island!
Item:
  • 1897   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 2002
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0410
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 7-9
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery...
3734Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
  • Joseph P. Sims
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
Historical Map of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3734   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Joseph P. Sims
Date:
  • 1928
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0188 JPS
Location:
  • 5C5
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Limited edition map. Edition was 100 copies. This is number 36. Hand colored. Adhered to artist board and lacquered. Includes historical notes and drawings.
6157Sprague's journal of Maine history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
...Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...
Sprague's journal of Maine history
Item:
  • 6157   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 SPRAGUE'S
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Description:
...Sprague’s Journal of Maine History. 1920 Vol. 7 No. 4 – William Gilley, an early settler of MDI by William O...Sawtelle (p.192-193) 1920 Vol. 8 No. 1 1922 Vol. 10 No. 4 – Father Pierre Biard, Superior of the Mount Desert Jesuit Mission of Saint Sauveur by William...Stevens – The Island of Mount Desert by William O. Sawtelle (p.127-144) – 2 copies – Antoinette de Pons by William O...Hennessy – Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard by William O. Sawtelle (p.131-186) – Historical Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor (p.27)...
1944Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
  • Judith S. Goldstein
  • 2000
  • 16
  • typescript
Public and Private Realms on Mount Desert.
Item:
  • 1944   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Judith S. Goldstein
Date:
  • 2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0457
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Goldstein at the Claremont Hotel 8/10/2000, to share some thoughts about the history of Mount Desert and the interaction of Tourists and Residents...
1937Mount Desert
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
  • E. Chardon
  • February 1877
  • photocopy
  • poor
Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1937   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • E. Chardon
Date:
  • February 1877
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0450
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Medium:
  • photocopy
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
...History, Biography and Literature about the southern coast of Maine esp. MDI. Accompanying this literature are copies of photographs for Mr...
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
Item:
  • 6103   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 MEMORIAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
1527Remembrances of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
  • Charles S. Hamlin
  • 1934-1935
  • 41
  • typescript (2 copies)
Remembrances of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1527   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles S. Hamlin
Date:
  • 1934-1935
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0036 CSH
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 41
Medium:
  • typescript (2 copies)
Description:
Typewritten diary of Mrs. Charles Hamlin covers years between 1880's and early 1900's. Much information about Rev. William Doane; other families covered: Gardiner, Corning, Eliot. Social perspective of Northeast Harbor. Info re St. Mary's.
1997A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...Island...
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
  • 2001
  • 18
  • typescript
A Playground Contested; Bar Harbor Natives versus Rusticators, 1875-1925
Item:
  • 1997   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Lynne Nelson Manion
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0509
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 18
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
...Manion submitted for publication in Island History Journal contrasting the economic and social life of summer and year-round residents of Mount Desert...Island...
2049Manchester and Branscom Family History
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Manchester and Branscom Family History
Item:
  • 2049   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0563
Location:
  • CD Box 1, General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 17 pages, 2 CDs
Description:
...Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount...Desert area: 1...Steamer Mount Desert...
1971Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
See also Item 2264
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2010
  • 13
  • typescript
Town of Mount Desert Listing of Historical Events
Item:
  • 1971   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2010
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0484
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 13
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
See also Item 2264
7047Maine: Her place in history
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations
  • Places
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 1877
  • 131
  • 1 book
  • fair
Maine: Her place in history
Item:
  • 7047   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places
Date:
  • 1877
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 131
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Address delivered at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, November 4, 1876 and in convention of the Legislature of Maine, February 6, 1877, by Joshua L. Chamberlain; with a communication from the governor and the Report of the Centennial Commission. Published by order of the Legislature of Maine of February 7, 1877. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 CH.pdf
…and found a Khode Island bower lives 17 The attempt of Erik's sons* new Northland here, belongs Leif's buldir history. …above Mount Katahdiii and the city of Montreal. Champlain accompanied him on voyage. …Desert. Tiii-y named their station St. …Desert.
2184Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 12/28/2000
  • newspaper
Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2184   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 12/28/2000
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0698
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island...
2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...
GXS Collection
Item:
  • 2674   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...

File Attachment:
GXS Collection Finding Aid-August 2023.pdf
…, and inns, motels, hotels, and homes on Mount Desert Island and Hancock County. …Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. …Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71. Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME 72. …Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85.
2052American Civil War at Mount Desert
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 5/30/2011
  • 4
  • typescript, 2 copies
American Civil War at Mount Desert
Item:
  • 2052   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, Civil War
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 5/30/2011
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0566
Location:
  • General Collection Box 18
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • typescript, 2 copies
Description:
Copy of Memorial Day address of Robert R. Pyle, Library Director, at the annual ceremony at the Joseph Musetti Park. The address was a remembrance on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
6982GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
  • Collection
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...
GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets
Item:
  • 6982   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations...Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations...Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887...Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile)...

File Attachments:
GXS Books Folder 32.pdf
…Among the islands named by him are Matinicus (Orsenes Isles), Isle au Haut, Mount Desert Island, Petit Manan (Menanan), and, farther east, Great Wass Island …DESERT ISLAND Clara B. Martin. Mount Desert, on the Coast of Maine. Portland, 1874. G 67 Descriptive booklets such as Mrs. …G The light station on Mount Desert Rock, about 20 miles from the mainland, was built in 1830. …P., 116 Morton, Oliver P., 54 Moulton, Louise Chandler, 99 Mount Desert Island, 1, 71, 114-117, 122 Mount Desert Rock Light, 123 Mowat, Henry, 26, 27 Munjoy
6981GXS Collection - Ephemera
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Island" by Diane White...The island in question is Frenchboro...
GXS Collection - Ephemera
Item:
  • 6981   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Island" by Diane White...The island in question is Frenchboro...
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…as Popham's fort was This permission was granted, and subse- quently the War Department cal Society a sufficient the yard of Fort donated to the Histori …Captain John Smith until the arrival of reinforcements fi-om England but even then, only a year and eight months after spirit of ; the northern colony deserted …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the …It is the recognition of an interesting and significant event in colonial history, and a tribute to the memory of men whose enterprise and bravery are