Keywords: Horse Back
Item 13498
Complimentary ticket, Maine Chautauqua Union, 1893
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper
Item 16575
Rocking Horse, Littleton, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Wood
Exhibit
Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair
"Premiums included a high of $4 for “best stud horses,” and $5 for “best bull, not less than 2 years old.” By 1901, at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"Other nicknames included “The Little Iron Horse” and the “Cock of the North”. John R Braden competed in his first race in Presque Isle on July 4…"
Story
A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
