Maine Memory Network

Nehemiah Shanks, Little Spruce Island, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Media: Ink on paper

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.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce Street, then at its Scotty’s Mountain location on Route 120, and finally at its present facility…"

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.