Maine Memory Network

Beverly Conant's Girl Scout uniform, Farmington, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Farmington Media: cotton, brass, metal, plastic
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Girl Scout Float, Princeton, 1932

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library Date: 1932-07-05 Location: Princeton Media: Photographic print

Kennebec Girl Scout Council Adams Lake property, 1971

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971 Client: Girl Scouts of America Architect: Holmes A. Stockly; Stockly & Leahy Assoc.

Camp building at Pondicherry, Bridgton, 1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Bridgton Client: Girl Scouts of America Architect: Raymond S. Leahy; Stockly & Leahy Assoc.

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

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.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Assoc., Mattanawcook Academy, and the Old Town Scouts. Games played in those days had much lower scores than games played today, as shown in a game…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Both of the girls were excellent students and continued their education, even after their father died, attending Mt. Holyoke Seminary."

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine