Maine Memory Network

Bowdoin College baseball team, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Graves of Baxter animals, Mackworth Island, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-04-19 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print

Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe

Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten