Maine Memory Network

Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1860 Location: Foxcroft Media: Daguerreotype

Freeland Holmes' Sash, Foxcroft, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1862 Location: Foxcroft Media: Textile

Alterations in Foxcroft Academy, Dover-Foxcroft, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Client: Foxcroft Academy Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Dover-Foxcroft School, Dover-Foxcroft, 1948-1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1949 Location: Dover-Foxcroft Client: Town of Dover-Foxcroft Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Those teams included: Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Dexter, and Greenville. When the teams played games they played the teams three different times."

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