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Historical Items

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Item 34065

Samuel Carter Homestead, Blue Hill, 1891

Contributed by: An individual through Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: 1891 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Item 64406

Little Blue Bridge, Farmington, 1896

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: 1896-06-14 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Item 16863

Bathing at the Big Rock in Blue Hill Bay., ca. 1920

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke

Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.

Exhibit

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Blue Hill Consolidated School, Blue Hill, 1939 Blue Hill Public Library School Consolidation and Blue Hill Consolidated School The Consolidated…"

Site Page

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The Darling’s Blue Hill Granite Company had a wharf at the present site of the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club."

Site Page

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Snow's and Mr. Cole's 7th Grade Classes at Blue Hill Consolidated School John Edward Horton was born on November 30, 1829 in Bluehill, Maine."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Story

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds