Keywords: Countryside
Item 6962
North Anson landscape, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: North Anson Media: Oil on board
Item 6960
Farm, fields, forest, mountains, North Anson, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: North Anson Media: Oil on board
Exhibit
J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
