Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Spikes are the things that hold the railroad track together. The train fell off the tracks in my yard once when I was little, and it rolled over."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… to the family homestead and has become active in tracking down the many unidentified people and unknown locations in Society’s archived photos."

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

"… this time, Nelson raced one mile on the half-mile track in 2:15.5, a world record for a half-mile track at the time."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"These traveling teams had names as colorful as the players themselves; like the House of David team with all the players sporting long dark beards…"

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

"… hockey, boys and girls basketball, gymnastic and track teams. Even thought they had other sports, the winter ones came out on the top."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Abbott School Track Team, Farmington, 1918Farmington Historical Society Abbot Junior College Flyer, 1928Farmington Historical Society The…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach. Starting in the 1920s, students began to compete in intermural basketball…"

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

"… Danielle, grade 6 Scarborough High School Track Team, 1921Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough School System's extra…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was loaded on ships with a derrick."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… John R Braden (John Willard, Driver) lowering the track record from 206 ¾ made by Earl Jr 1913 to 206 1/4 Presque Isle Historical Society As…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… his calculations and the party was outside “the track of totality,” missing the corona of the eclipse."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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