Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Was there anyone to blame for the fall of the economy? I think that my mother blamed Hoover and blamed the whole thing on him."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls Bridge. On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George Cochran."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Society In the 1870’s, the grand finale of the fall Farmer’s Club was a parade of oxen. One time, it is remembered, the finale was fifty-seven…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… mother-of-pearl inlay opera glasses, Livermore Falls, ca. 1904Maine Historical Society Dusty rose opera cape ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, and he is a graduate of the University of Maine."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… as the Carrabassett River) by canoe late in the fall of 1783. He headed an adventurous family that for some reason chose not to settle in…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"In the fall, trees are ablaze with a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy Basketball were written, barely 20 years after the game was invented, and long…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began in the spring of 1873. The road opened in December of 1874, and was leased by the E…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… planned to attend Florida State University in the fall when he was diagnosed with Burkett’s Lymphoma."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and expanded their…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The Blue Hill Falls District school closed in 1908, the Mines District in 1895, the Beech Hill district in 1939, the Granite District in 1920, the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Locals say that if you fall into an outgoing current, you end up in open ocean. “Remembering that caution I dropped my surveying instrument before I…"

Bangor Public Library

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Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Lubec to work in the canneries in the summer and fall” (p. 87). Judging from the teenagers and children in the group portrait, families must have…"