Keywords: Buffalo
Item 1051
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1887 Location: London Media: Photographic print
Item 14585
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Buffalo Media: Cast steel, wood
Exhibit
Land Claims, Economic Opportunities?
The landmark 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act provided $81.6 million to Maine Indians for economic development, land purchase and other purposes. The money and increased land holdings, however, have not solved economic and employment issues for Maine Indians.
Exhibit
"… Melodeons are keyboard instruments invented in Buffalo, New York in the 1830s. Similar to accordions, melodeons use reeds and airflow to create…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3
"… my mother wasn’t working, she enjoyed riding the buffalos she tended. She liked to pick flowers in a local field, and watch the clouds go by."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3
"My mother had to herd five water buffalos, and my father worked in rice and peanut fields. They both got little pay on some days, no pay on others."
Story
Lionel "Toots" Bouthot: A life filled with music
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From the age of 5, a lifetime of contributing to the musical fabric of Biddeford.
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
