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Item 33494

Mill Island, Blue Hill, ca. 1910

Mill Island, Blue Hill, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Item 33858

Blue Hill Mountain fire tower, Blue Hill, ca. 1950

Blue Hill Mountain fire tower, Blue Hill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Item 33990

Postcard of the trotting park in Blue Hill ca. 1910

Postcard of the trotting park in Blue Hill ca. 1910

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Riding the Old Blue chairlift at Pleasant Mountain, ca. 1972

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.

Exhibit

Northport Hotel, ca. 1900

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Exhibit

Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Site Pages

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Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1910

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!   Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1910 To view our video welcome message, click on the image above: At “the head of the…"

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Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Parker Point Golf Club, Blue Hill, ca. 1912 Blue Hill Historical Society The Blue Hill Country Club, on the west side of the inner harbor, began at…"

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Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… By members of the Blue Hill Historical Society, Blue Hill Public Library and the Jonathan Fisher House The First Years European settlement at Blue…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Vietnam Memoirs

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR