Maine Memory Network

Chautauqua tent, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Photoprint

Junior Chautauqua participants, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Photoprint

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Edward Wiggin, delivered a speech to the Maine Chautauqua Union in Fryeburg, Maine on the resources and future of Aroostook County."