Keywords: St. John Valley
Item 148626
St. Charles Church, St. Francis, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1912 Location: St. Francis Media: Photographic postcard
Item 5413
St. John Valley, Van Buren, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Van Buren; Van Buren Media: Glass Negative
Item 78410
27-29 Valley Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: John Dante Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Item 40025
10 Valley Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Heirs of John W. Deering Use: Dwelling - Two family
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.
Exhibit
Among the Lungers: Treating TB
Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House
"… once served as the cultural heart of this river valley civilization. Serving at least five surrounding towns, the Opera House was originally built…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden
"… All Race won at Bangor, Maine Sept 21, 1922 by John R Braden (John Willard, Driver) lowering the track record from 206 ¾ made by Earl Jr 1913 to…"
Story
Ah, les Fameuse Ployes!
by Alain Ouellette
Growing up in an Acadian French family and eating ployes
