Keywords: Burnt River
Item 110988
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper
Item 112090
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 7, 1694-1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1694–1853 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
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
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling
"They planted corn and rye upon the burnt land. Before the snows of the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong
"… in the afternoon searchers came upon a spot on Burnt Knoll, not far from the farm, where the vegetation was beginning to wilt."
