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Historical Items

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Item 22402

Island Falls Grange Store, 1904

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Island Falls Media: Postcard

Item 23251

Webber crew, Island Falls, 1934

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Island Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 16121

Delmont Emerson woods team, Island Falls, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Island Falls Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 87407

Jordan property, Island Avenue East End, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Edward C. Jordan Use: Dwelling

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Exhibit

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Island Falls Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"In the fall of 1761, Abraham Somes arrived on Mount Desert Island, looking for a place to settle. Like all immigrants he wanted a better life."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… canoes, in which he will take parties to several Islands in the bay and around Mount Desert Island. Carrying sporting parties to places where…"

My Maine Stories

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Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Story

My Italian grandparents and visiting their homeland
by Sherry Judd

A story about my Italian ancestors in Maine and how I found my family in Italy.

Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics