Keywords: Maine Turnpike Authority
Item 104765
Maine Turnpike widening and modernization ground breaking, South Portland, 2000
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: 2000-05-09 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 104637
Maine Turnpike toll booth, Kittery, ca. 1947
Contributed by: Maine Turnpike Authority Date: circa 1947 Location: Kittery Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Exhibit
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 Page
Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis
"… of the Maine Turnpike, Portland, 1947Maine Turnpike Authority ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE Click to read more of Ford Reiche's…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… to create an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a super highway.(8) The first section of highway…"
Story
Lloyd LaFountain III family legacy and creating own path
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lloyd followed in his family’s footsteps of serving Biddeford and the State of Maine.
