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Keywords: White Mountains

Historical Items

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Item 9133

Lovell, Keazer Lake and White Mountains

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 9132

Kezar Lake and White Mountains, from Center Lovell

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 71174

Birds eye view of the White Mountains, 1890

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1890 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Architecture & Landscape

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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 111315

Poland Springs House, Poland, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Poland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111314

Mount Pleasant House, NH, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1894 Location: Carroll Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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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Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

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

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"On the east side of Carr Mountain, near the home of Ben Royal, was a Way Station that had a tie up for horses and lodging for travelers."

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Music in Maine - Country Music

"… of Bob Greene X Don Doane Sr.’s Katahdin Mountaineers, regarded as the first country band in New England, included Black and White musicians…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.