Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood. They also would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or…"

Easton Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… Fellows Hall continues to serve as a community gathering place, although its use is largely restricted to the warmer summer months."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"Partners in gathering information and creating the exhibits in this original website included: MDI High School, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor…"

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… to read Chris Sockalexis's story A powwow is a gathering held by many Native American and First Nations communities."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… Island Historical Society In 1978 they gathered their momentum and placed third in the State Softball Championship."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… still new and housed grades K-12, spoke to the gathering, recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had been the community's pride and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… rides, day hikes, evening lectures, small gatherings for tea and family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Ruth says of the steamboat schedule, “Life did revolve around it. And the storekeepers and the fishing community and the church…it was a close-knit…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods. Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and…"

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… former Hall-Dale history teacher, painstakingly gathered Hallowell resources and put them together into notebooks related to topics being…"

Caribou Public Library

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Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… in 1812 the settlers of Township Six Range Seven gathered together and set aside $21.00 to establish Guilford’s first school."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"… – it is richly supported by extensive records gathered by family members and placed in museum and library collections."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… the First World War, in 1918 people of Guilford gathered in the square and celebrated as they burned the Kaiser in effigy, celebrating the peace."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"A group of musicians, many from Maine, gather and perform in the Odd Fellows Hall for three nights usually in early August."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Historic Preservation Review Board held a public gathering to recognize the lifework of Gridley Barrows. His longtime friend Philip M."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Parties and gatherings with music were prevalent among rusticators. There were even measuring parties where the community got together and measured…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Bagaduce Chorale, a small group of singers who gathered at Mary Cheney Gould’s house for the pure joy of singing."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's alumni still gather one weekend each August. County ChampionsStrong Historical Society By today’s standards, late 1800s and even early…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Another form of transportation was supplied by the Maine Seacoast Mission, an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities."