Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907

"Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 2 of 2

"It truly was a great ride. Source: Personal recollection of former Rumford High School athlete Matt Kaubris."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"They would pay 10 cents to get on a ride and the favorite was the swings. Another favorite attraction for Ms. Gorman and her friends was the food."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"High school students would ride the passenger train to attend high school in nearby Caribou. The booming businesses in Stockholm relied on the train…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games, while the centerpiece of the one day event came to be a double-header baseball…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… the piece of sea glass or the lucky stone that stays in our pocket on that final ferry ride to the mainland at summer’s end. map of Islesboro "

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Amusement rides have been added and thousands of people from Franklin County attend each year. Back to Farmington's History of Agriculture"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… in high school her dad drove the bus so she would ride his bus for a little ways before an Ashland bus would pick her up from there."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games. The beloved annual fair came to an end when the B & A Railroad ceased."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… and experience the thrill of a wet and wild ride down the Kennebec. Gone are the great days of logging and of the many mills that lined the river…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… lit on fire, and other old-fashioned, carnival rides such as a carousel and ferris wheel. The spectacle of people on fire included their diving…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… ten cents bought lucky area residents a carefree ride on an open trolley car, as well as admission to a destination that promised “good, healthy…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"1960Swan's Island Historical Society A bike ride to get together with friends was common place. If a car was available, a ride around the island was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Skyline Farm Riding School: 1944 - 1970 Ready to Enjoy a Ride Ca. 1955 X In the early 1940’s, Abby Dolloff married Carleton (Carl) R."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen dramatically since then and the standard yellow school…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"… they were all day & evening chiefly by strangers riding for fun and sake of saying they had – had a ride in a car propeled by no visible power."…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"If one had money, you could buy and ride a motorcycle to the hospital. When my mother wasn’t working, she enjoyed riding the buffalos she tended."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current home of between 300 and 350 year…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Rides to school were very difficult to obtain at the time, and many students who lived too far away to walk to school would find room and board close…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… had to walk home if you didn’t have a horse to ride. At age 37, Rufus Brackley died on that walk home."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"In recent years, Smokey’s Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs."