Keywords: Cook Tent
Item 82377
Appalachian Trail Cook Tent, Millinocket, 1935
Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: 1935 Location: Millinocket; Lakewood Media: Photographic print
Item 101126
River drivers' camp, West Branch Penobscot River, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"Eventually he safely made it back to his group's tents. He was a farmer in Strong after the war and died June 8, 1915, and is buried with his wife…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic
"… to relive their war years found quarters in their tents. Also the railroads offered scheduled special trains along with rare discounted rates."
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
