Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"In 1853 the White Mountain guide Joseph A. Hall proposed to Abner Lowell, a Portland jeweler and mountain enthusiast, a plan for a carriage road to…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… to Hunt or Camp in Maine can secure an Excellent Guide by addressing Joe Pierpoll, Princeton, Maine, the best Indian guide in the Schoodic waters."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"He worked as a river guide until he became Governor of the Penobscot tribe on October 5, 1880. Stephen probably made changes to the Penobscot people…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Soon after Avery’s untimely death on July 26, 1952, an act of the Maine Legislature renamed East Peak on Bigelow Mountain as Myron Avery Peak."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"Outside Nylander Museum X Nylander was awarded an Honorary Master of Science degree in 1938 for his years of service by the University of Maine…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… Nation at age fourteen, where he worked as a guide, basket maker, moccasin maker, musician, and carver."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… enables MHS and Maine Memory Network contributing partners to create or replicate similar collection “guides” for any Maine‐related collection."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"Crosby. The Rangeley Region Sportsman and Guides Association is a very active group that advocates for local guides, habitat and wildlife…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"In 1851, Dow guided his Maine Law through the legislature and Maine became the first "dry" state. Neighboring states, including Massachusetts, took…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"They had over 200 uniformed employees covering the rails from Chicago, Illinois, to Portland, Maine, and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Larissa Vigue Picard, Maine Memory's Community Partnership Coordinator for the three teams, has guided the teams' website development."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"She lived in Phillips, wrote about and guided in the Rangeley region and is buried in the Strong Village Cemetery."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Before motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"Ice picks are used to guide ice chunks from the stream to a conveyor. The conveyor takes the ice to the ice storage building shown in the photograph."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… a retirement home in Thomaston, the museum offers guided tours, programs, and classroom materials that educate about Knox and his life and times."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Sources: Presque Isle Historical Society. “A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Presque Isle, Maine”. Brochure. Presque Isle, 2007."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"Sources: Presque Isle Historical Society. A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Presque Isle, Maine. Brochure. Presque Isle: Author, 2007."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"The Audubon Center offers a variety of guided and self-guided walks and canoe tours as well as canoe rentals, a nature trail and exhibits."

Patten Free Library

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

"… railroads, A vignette of local history and self-guided tour. Bangor, Galen Cole Family Foundation, 1992. Print. Curran, Mary H. comp."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"… range of themes and topics in Maine history; Maine History Online, a comprehensive survey of Maine history organized by time period and theme…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Meet the Team

"… to the MCHP partnership in support of the guiding principles of life long learning. We invite you to learn more about each team partner by clicking…"