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Item 12259

S.W. Collins Fourth of July parade float, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Item 67298

Forster Mfg. Co. samples, Strong, 1947

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Strong Media: Wood on ink on paper

Item 36236

Letter concerning Longfellow bust letters, London, 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883 Location: London; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"In 1995, Al Hawkes spearheaded a group of bluegrass music enthusiasts to create the member driven organization, Bluegrass Music Association of Maine…"

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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

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North Atlantic Appalachian Domain map, 2007

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Site Pages

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Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast One of the last places on the Maine coast to be settled by the English was the Penobscot Bay…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… (MHPC) director, 1976-2015, Shettleworth spearheaded the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine, a project to document historic architects…"