Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… mountains surrounding Rumford, including Black Mountain, White Cap, and Glassface offer summertime blueberry picking and hiking."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"On the east side of Carr Mountain, near the home of Ben Royal, was a Way Station that had a tie up for horses and lodging for travelers."

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… of Bob Greene X Don Doane Sr.’s Katahdin Mountaineers, regarded as the first country band in New England, included Black and White musicians…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and Special Collections Library Over the mountains, to the south, the three towns of the Nezinscot Region are powered by a more diversified…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Performing around Maine for 20 years, the Blue Mountain Boys appeared regularly on Ken MacKenzie’s show and on a weekly live radio broadcast in…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… on RCA records with a band called the Lone Pine Mountaineers—paying homage to Maine as the Pine Tree State and the Appalachian mountain genre."

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"The Lone Pine Mountaineers, Bangor, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Curated by Tilly Laskey, curator at Maine Historical Society, and installed at…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… the stories that shaped this small community and its inhabitants in the western mountains of Maine. Click Here To View All Of Our Online Items"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Waits, Whites, Newmans, Delanos, Tainters, Newtons, Fosters and Kenneys lived alongside the Holmans and contributed to the area’s agricultural life."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… water, the great river crashing to granite rock, white water exploding from granite rock – unbelievable, the power of life! Tom Fallon Sources for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Mrs. Park sat up in the evening; Mrs. White came and watched. Carrie so sick and suffering so much. We sent for Dr. B.; she died at one."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a white horse at $1/ticket. It was said that a hot time in the old town was had that night."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Porter Lake is west of the New Vineyard Mountains. Many inlets supply the lake from all sides, as well as natural springs."

Bethel Historical Society

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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…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Wray, Matt, Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness, 2006, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"The White Mountains were covered by heavy ice, blocking 850 miles of trails and roads. All that ice from the storm destroyed power lines, which…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… abundant undeveloped land and easy access to mountains and the sea are factors that have attracted families and businesses."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"…then came the settlers… Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located today. That home later became the Hotel Strong."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… as it was being filled and sailed over Blue Hill Mountain. Fortunately, it came down in the nearby town of Orland and was retrieved."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… than it is today: hike to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, view the sheer cliffs of the the island’s eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce," "White Mountain," "200 Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk Spruce", "Sugar Cream," "Four-in-Hand," and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… unstoppable waters, which rise and fall as the mountain tributaries overflow with melted ice and snow."