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Historical Items

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Item 31499

Riders on horseback at Skyline Farm, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Sally Semmes through Skyline Farm Date: circa 1960 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Item 10155

Riding group at Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes, 1951

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1951 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Item 6290

Riding Club, Poland Spring, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Poland Spring Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

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The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"One day when he was riding horseback, he encountered a hog that became frightened and rushed directly under the horse's hoofs."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"A surveyor from the town rode on horseback to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with the request for an academy."