Maine Memory Network

Hal Lone Pine on horse, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: Photographic print

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Shakers at Poland Spring Concert, 1897

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: 1897 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

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.

Music in Maine - Music stores

"1895, ca. 1895Belfast Historical Society Music stores well instruments and sheet music for customers, and serve as a meeting place for musicians."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… MAINE Click to learn more about BMAM Bluegrass music—acoustic music played on banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and bass—originated in southern…"

BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE
by BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE

A story about the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine

Betty Cody, country music legend
by Maine Historical Society

Betty Cody is noted as Maine's most recognized female singer