Maine Memory Network

Family Register stitched by Dolly Pollard, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Location: Hallowell; Augusta Media: Silk, linen

Houlton Fair scene with banner for That Strange Girl Dolly, 1914

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"1840Maine Historical Society Dolly Madison Remembered as one of America’s great first ladies, Dolly Madison (1768-1849) was raised in rural Virginia…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… He then returned to Massachusetts to wed Miss Dolly Battle and assumed his ministry. Beginning with his student days at Harvard, and continuing for…"