Maine Memory Network

Yard, Pogey Mountain, Wissataquoik, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Pogey press, Mount Desert, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Great Harbor Maritime Museum Date: circa 1850 Location: Mount Desert Media: Metal

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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

"The 1850 Maine Register lists five pogey factories for rendering fish oil in town. Toward the end of the nineteenth century the in-shore fisheries…"