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Historical Items

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Item 30222

Transporting milk, North Yarmouth, ca. 1915

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 31585

Atlantic Shore Line Railway locomotive #100, Sanford, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 10763

Chart of Casco Bay from the Atlantic Neptune, 1776

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1776 Media: Ink on paper, map

Online Exhibits

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Field & Homefront: Bethel during the Civil War

Like many towns, Bethel responded to the Civil War by sending many soldiers and those at the homefront sent aid and supported families. The town grew during the war, but suffered after its end.

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Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Site Pages

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In North Yarmouth There Were Two Villages Along the two country roads that passed through North Yarmouth, two village centers eventually developed."

Site Page

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Lawrence Railway at Dunn’s Corner, just up the road. Their farm products would be sold in Portland. James Lawrence served six years on North…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The earliest, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, had opened in 1848 and later became the Grand Trunk Railway."

My Maine Stories

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Story

North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin

The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival

Story

Mémère’s Notebook
by Robert Sylvain

My Mémère’s Notebook of old Acadian Folksongs

Story

Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.