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Historical Items

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Item 79329

Gilbert & Coombs Camps, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Taunton Raynham Academy Grant Media: Postcard

Item 79295

Priscilla Steamboat, Moosehead Lake, 1900

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Taunton Raynham Academy Grant Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

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CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

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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?

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… potatoes as the three most important market outlets. The potato became so important that in 1913 Thomas Phair and other leading Presque Isle…"