Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… a contest in 1893, offering trips to the World's Fair -- the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Burr, 4th grade; Mrs. Whittier, 5th grade; Miss Fairly, 6th grade; Miss Graves, 7th grade; Miss Adams, 8th grade; Mr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… class contributed the exhibit on the Blue Hill Fair. The George Stevens Academy . George Stevens is an independent high school grounded in a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… whole congregation, turkey pie suppers, craft fairs, putting on plays, selling hot dogs at the Homecoming parade, and riding on the parade float."

Blue Hill, Maine - Adelaide Pearson

"… for Blue Hill's growth as a cultural center after the Second World War. Adelaide Pearson with violin, 1894Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand picked by local residents and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Candage, R.G.F. At Home Around the World. Capt. R.G.F. Candage: Autobiography . A Sailing Master’s Journal. 1911 (reprinted 2003). Candage, R.G.F."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… to ports around the United States and the world. Some of these included granite mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from local ponds that was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Miss Adelaide Pearson, social worker, musician, world traveler, author, lecturer and founder of Blue Hill’s Rowantree Pottery."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… of the building itself, the Music Hall was a fairly large, rectangular structure designed for large social functions."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Bangor State Fair is one of the oldest fairs not just in Maine, but also in U.S., next to the Skowhegan State Fair, which is the oldest State…"

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

"Using the profits from the fair, the Lions help elderly people by sending fruit baskets at Christmas."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"There remains a fairly accurate list of the vessels launched from the shop in the possession of a former owner."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… pages 129-end Grant-Wilson Rally in Augusta, election results, Greeley's death,   Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest X"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… October 13, 1855, during the Strong Agricultural Fair, a torrential rain caused the fair-goers to flee to the safety of their homes."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"His first show was at a local health fair. Once he graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington in 1992, he continued his career in comedy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… action or died from wounds.” Rumford sent men to World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture During World War I World War I began in Europe in 1914 and the U.S. entered into it in 1917."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Since that time, the Farmington Fair has been the county’s premier autumn social event. “Throughout its history [the farmington fair] has proved of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… sense that both ends of the spectrum would lead fairly different lives without one another. This effect that the wealthy have had upon the locals…"

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

"Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg, Fair to the Wind, 1995, Penmor Lithographers, Inc., Lewiston, Maine."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"But, while island life stayed somewhat constant, the world around Malaga changed. In particular, the economy collapsed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Historical Society The highest interest in "the Fair" came in the 1920's when the local Mooseleuk Club purchased the race horse, John R."