Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… more due to the Hallowell transportation train tracks being swept away in rushing waters. Speaking of transportation issues, Hallowell had also…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"From deep wood teepees they would track deer, caribou, moose, and bear. They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… arranged so that the entire stage can be used for a large group or the drapes can be drawn onto the inner track to provide a setting for plays."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

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…"

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

"There is also a lunch account to help keep track of your lunch purchases, which is around a dollar for any item."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… driven, they are capped, and the stringers and track timbers laid, in the direction of the master building, C. H. Davis."

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

"In 1911, the MCRR track that went through Walnut Hill Village was rerouted to here, thus avoiding an uphill grade."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the track. At noon, the Lewiston Train finally arrived, but with the three other fire departments at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The number of votes was kept to keep track of the growing number of settlers. At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… selling the tobacco products that Okell actually tracked him down to be certain the orders were real."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and Railroad Company operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836. Years later, this company would be sold."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"This ledger appears to track his business – some sort of store. What is most interesting is that he trades with “Indians”."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… washouts, Lincoln town crews refused to quit, tracks were repaired within two days, and direct traffic was restored."

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."

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