Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… DC, gave the company its first official tour. They traveled to Wolf Trap in February 1985 and were well received."

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"Shown here on his first tour in Iraq in 2004, serving in the U.S. Army. James' hometown is Chester and he graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1985."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… crossing rivers and lakes, or taking commercial tours of Maine’s rivers and lakes. Though steamboats now and then were both used to carry goods and…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… in, off-load liquor, and load it onto Old Packard touring cars. Cruising down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Tours of Lubec and Cobscook is part of APPLE, the Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment, a non-profit corporation formed to…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison visited Bath to tour the shipyards of Bath and attend the launching of the Rappahannock, one of the four largest…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Women's Heritage Tour -- What started as a class project over 10 years ago in an undergraduate history course at University of Maine Farmington was…"

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… throughout the town, to offer a self-guided tour of a well-preserved historic nineteenth- century village."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"In 1901, he began a tour in the United States, and in 1915, he made his debut in Bar Harbor at the Building of the Arts."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… she did not want to leave her children while on tour. Cody chose to put music aside and raise her sons in Lewiston, supporting them with a shoe…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"Marley has toured across the nation and in many countries but finds New England the most fun. “New England is the funnest for me because I grew up…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Over the following two decades, I toured internationally with renowned Acadian fiddler Steve Muise, presenting Mémère’s songs to French-speaking…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"They are all a part of world history, and their lives continue to inspire people to this day. These women have been able to shape the history of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Wentworth, Maine’s Coastal Cemeteries, A Historic Tour, 2003, Down East Books, Camden, Maine. Black, Edwin, The War Against the Weak: Eugenics and…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"The same pages offer a drinkers tour of Maine, showing how major communities enforced or failed to enforce liquor laws."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… artists and popular out-of-state musicians on tour. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Hawkes recorded some of the most highly regarded country…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"When these touring rock and roll musicians were making stops in places like Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, Washington and Boston, what was it about…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould asked for a tour of the mill. After the tour, the two stopped to sit on a log and talk. Gould felt that the mill was in poor shape and needed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… citizens to experience a site-by-site walking tour of Farmington’s early history. The Butler’s were tireless historians and archivists."