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Historical Items

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Item 26786

Narrow Gauge Depot, Harrison, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Harrison Media: Postcard

Item 9344

Depth gauge, ca. 2000

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Bangor Media: Cast iron, steel

Item 80854

Replica of Monson Narrow Gauge Engine Number 4, 1972

Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine

Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

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Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French

George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… learned immediately that building a standard gauge railroad would be too costly, so they used a “narrow gauge” system for smaller engines, with…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… and New York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds in the Western Maine…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"When the route of the narrow gauge railroad through Freeman was established several miles from the mill, it was apparent that he could not benefit…"

My Maine Stories

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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.