Keywords: Dugs
Item 13654
G.A.R. Parade in Kennebunkport, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Cabinet photograph
Item 7163
Canal workers, Lewiston, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency
Exhibit
The War was not going well for the Union and in the summer of 1862, when President Lincoln called for an additional 300,000 troops, it was not a surprise to see so many men enlist in an attempt to bring proper leadership into the Army.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry
"… the rusting remains of the once-busy industry, dug in the dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own family connections to quarry workers."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866
"… he had the 15-year-old, 12-foot-tall tree dug up and planted it in his yard. He saved it from a gale, but later a cow came into his yard and…"
Story
Memories of a mission in Vietnam, January 11, 1970
by SGT. Ronald Santerre, 1st Calvary Division
Extracting villagers from the Viet Cong in Vietnam
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
