Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"One day when he was riding horseback, he encountered a hog that became frightened and rushed directly under the horse's hoofs."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… ten cents bought lucky area residents a carefree ride on an open trolley car, as well as admission to a destination that promised “good, healthy…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Awaiting a train ride to the Capitol National Community Christmas Tree, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society Pictured here on…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen dramatically since then and the standard yellow school…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Rides were given hourly until ten o’clock that night. Aroostook Valley Railroad, opening day in Washburn, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games, while the centerpiece of the one day event came to be a double-header baseball…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Rides to school were very difficult to obtain at the time, and many students who lived too far away to walk to school would find room and board close…"

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

"They would pay 10 cents to get on a ride and the favorite was the swings. Another favorite attraction for Ms. Gorman and her friends was the food."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Imagine a wagon ride during the mid 1700s from the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… had to walk home if you didn’t have a horse to ride. At age 37, Rufus Brackley died on that walk home."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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