Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"he has no fear. will stand on a table and jump without scringing off on a hard floor will jump from the top of the shed about 8 feet his element is…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars stayed nearby The third however wanted to fly Into the library with a crash…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… the lower cross piece at figure 2 and another jumped down from figure 1 and come astride of the boys leg at 2 say 7 feet the boy at 2 sustaining…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… (or Ringdall) Hill they made the biggest ski jump. Ski Jumper, New Sweden, ca. 1935New Sweden Historical Society New Sweden has a long…"

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"… Brunswick excelled at acrobatic dance moves, like jumping into the camera frame. In this photograph, she performed to Mississippi Mud by the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to break up jams and keep the mass moving downstream."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… was the last person to get in and luckily she jumped out before the boat took off. Wyman is a lifesaver for helping Mimi stay alive."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… days so they’d get a little bit bigger and they’d jump out of the boxes. Chickens, you know how adorable they are? Well, they’re not adorable when…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… watercolors, and covers a myriad of topics, often jumping from one to another: the circus, the Cornet Band, newspaper articles about politics, a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… in 1749, when an association of Boston Merchants jumped into the land speculation business by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"That is when the G-men jumped out from behind the counter and captured Dalhover. That was a safe capture."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… residents, with the summer population making a jump to around 1000. The K-8 school has a student population which ranges in the thirties."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce Street, then at its Scotty’s Mountain location on Route 120, and finally at its…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… and took the Congregational Church, and again jumped the street and took the Methodist Church. All the homes on the west side were destroyed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… dollars to 11 million dollars; and potato acreage jumped from 16,641 acres to 41,953 acres. By 1900, farming in Aroostook County focused on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… caused hot embers from a fire on Broad Street to jump the Kenduskeag River and to ravage Bangor's downtown."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… aspects of Bath’s landscape as the population jumped from five thousand in 1840 to eight thousand, with an additional 600 non-resident seamen, in…"

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