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Historical Items

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Item 19216

Green Mountain Railroad

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

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Item 21318

Green Mountain Railway Pass

Contributed by: Acadia National Park Date: 1887 Location: Eden; Bar Harbor Media: Paper and Ink

Item 35861

Haystack Mountain, Castle Hill, ca. 1915

Contributed by: David Gallagher through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Castle Hill Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109807

House for Mountain Park Land Co., Lewiston, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Lewiston Client: Mountain Park Land Company Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 111598

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109772

Sanatorium for the State of Maine, Hebron, 1905-1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905–1920 Location: Hebron; Hebron Client: Maine State Sanatorium Architect: Gibbs and Pulsifer Architects

Online Exhibits

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Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

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Skiing Pleasant Mountain

By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Welcome to the Western Foothills

"… X Western Maine's beauty can be found in its mountains, rivers, scenery, and especially its people."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The mountains surrounding Rumford, including Black Mountain, White Cap, and Glassface offer summertime blueberry picking and hiking."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe

Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten

Story

Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

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The Right Place At The Right Time
by Joe & Nellie Kennedy

A musical history of Joe and Nellie Kennedy