Maine Memory Network

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… few paragraphs" Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army. He was born in 1800, and died in 1874, in Lincoln, Maine."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Performing around Maine for 20 years, the Blue Mountain Boys appeared regularly on Ken MacKenzie’s show and on a weekly live radio broadcast in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools throughout Hancock County, and every home game was well attended."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The boys had to take the sheep and stay warm and hunt to survive. Peter returned to and get his familly before Joseph came back."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940 Brown, wool, double-breasted boys snowsuitBangor Historical Society During the war, because so many men were in…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… one’s lot and see the world wasn’t restricted to boys going to sea. In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Each night, the boys in the family would take turns cooking dinner. Jeremiah would usually make meatloaf or baked potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"In Oxbow, the farm owners also had two boys Albert’s age. When Albert went there, he would always play with them and their horses."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… on to public, parochial or private high schools--boys and girls. Many went off to college. The philanthropic spirit in Biddeford was to thank for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden years" for the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… Sharpshooter, and Newel Nicola and Horace Francis the Penobscot Boy. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… the Guilford Historical Society The History of Boys Soccer in Guilford The Guilford soccer team was established in 1968, under the leadership of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… a frequent visitor to Holmantown to “visit his boys down in Maine.” According to the History of the Town Sutton, Massachusetts by the Reverends W."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… is still bringing forth children, educating the boys and girls for weal or woe; she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… RUNNING OUTTA HIS STORE, AND I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS STORE, AFTER THE CYCLONE CAME THERE WERE DOCTORS THERE, FROM THERE, THEY…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"… barely bigger than it's stable! After " A little boy named Virgil White was injured in the cyclone."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"“Hallowell Boys At Home and Abroad.” Hallowell Register (May 17, 1884). “Hallowell Historic District.” Inventory-Nomination Form."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… he worked at the JJ Newberry Company as a stock boy and cleaner. He also worked for his father by cutting down trees and making pulp."

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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