Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… bead-work, snow-shows, gulls’ breasts, stuffed birds, clubs, carved sticks, bows and arrows, etc."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters. The men went deep sea spearing for (Passamaquoddy) porpoises and seals."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish, and gathered plants for food, medicine, and raw materials."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… swells carried us grandly on their backs; the birds swooped and gave strange cries, and the breakers on the islands came in with a voice of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"1951 EMGH Birds Eye View, 1951. Eastern Maine Medical Center On many occasions the amount of patients outnumbered the staff at the hospital, but…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… 1888 the town was being compared to the Phoenix bird that became immortal by renewing itself from its own ashes.” (The Last 100 Years: A Glimpse of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island is host to numerous species of birds, including nesting pairs of bald eagles. Seals are frequently spotted off shore in the summer…"