Maine Memory Network

Carl Merrill at Washington School, Abbot, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Abbot Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Abbot Media: Photographic print

Horse-drawn school teams, Caribou, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1928 Location: Caribou Media: Postcard

Back to School

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.

A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"A few years later, the voters also approved the construction of a bus garage next to the high school."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Buses - 1933 With the addition of the Mallett School, more rural schools were closed and students were transported to the village."

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR