Keywords: longs
Item 29244
Contributed by: Sterling Hinkley through Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: 1848-04-15 Location: Buckfield Media: Photographic print
Item 16284
John D. Long and Family, Buckfield, 1899
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1899 Location: Buckfield Media: Photographic print
Item 84295
Long property, Crescent Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William G Long Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 86773
Long Island Improvement Association property, 1 Wharf Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Long Island Improvement Association Use: Wharf
Item 111983
Buckfield Library, Buckfield, 1900-1906
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1906 Location: Buckfield Client: John D. Long Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 116466
Gorham Academy alterations, Gorham, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Gorham Client: Gorham Academy Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3
"Long Island is 4 and 1/2 miles long and 2 miles wide. In 1768 the island had a sawmill, and settlement began by 1779."
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3
"Long Island in 1881Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. At one time Long Island like many other islands was filled with people, and like many other…"
Story
Timberland Legacy, My Family's History in Maine
by Lisa Huber
A long connection to the forestry industry and conservation movement in Maine
Story
The centuries-long history of Passamaquoddy Veterans
by Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy Historic Preservation Office
Passamaquoddy Veterans Protecting the Homeland
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will give middle and high school students a broad overview of the ash tree population in North America, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) threatening it, and the importance of the ash tree to the Wabanaki people in Maine. Students will look at Wabanaki oral histories as well as the geological/glacial beginnings of the region we now know as Maine for a general understanding of how the ash tree came to be a significant part of Wabanaki cultural history and environmental history in Maine. Students will compare national measures to combat the EAB to the Wabanaki-led Ash Task Force’s approaches in Maine, will discuss the benefits and challenges of biological control of invasive species, the concept of climigration, the concepts of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and how research scientists arrive at best practices for aiding the environment.
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The Votes for Statehood
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
Maine became a state in 1820 after separating from Massachusetts, but the call for statehood had begun long before the final vote. Why did it take so long? Was 1820 the right time? In this lesson, students will begin to place where Maine’s statehood fits into the broader narrative of 18th and 19th century American political history. They will have the opportunity to cast their own Missouri Compromise vote after learning about Maine’s long road to statehood.