Keywords: Rivers and rapids
Item 13332
Rapids above Jackson Falls, 1890
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 149910
A rocky cascade on the West Branch of the Penobscot River, ca. 1910
Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1910 Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The rapid expansion of the American population during the 1820s and 30s forced the building of new housing."
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Project Process
"… High School, the devastating 1911 Fire and the rapid reconstruction of the city in the two years following, fit very well with discussions of the…"
Story
Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
