Keywords: Broken Road River
Item 111036
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper
Item 116321
Landry barn, Saint Francis, 1974
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1974 Location: Saint Francis Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"That distance, broken up into six irregular city blocks, is lengthy in comparison to the three-block, east-west width of this historic downtown."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895
"Both of his legs were broken as well as his right ankle and collar bone. He was carried to the Clearwater Pharmacy and treated by Drs."
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
