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Historical Items

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Item 9133

Lovell, Keazer Lake and White Mountains, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 9132

Kezar Lake and White Mountains, from Center Lovell, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Lovell Media: Postcard

Item 71174

Birds eye view of the White Mountains, 1890

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1890 Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150742

House for Mountain Park Land Co., Lewiston, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Lewiston Client: Mountain Park Land Company Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 151475

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 151807

Mountain Top Farm, Chittenden, Vermont, 1972-2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972–2008 Location: Chittenden Clients: Stanley Fishkin; Nancy Marshall Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club

In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.

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Skiing Pleasant Mountain

By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.

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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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Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Site Page

Western Maine Foothills Region - Welcome to the Western Foothills

"… X Western Maine's beauty can be found in its mountains, rivers, scenery, and especially its people."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The mountains surrounding Rumford, including Black Mountain, White Cap, and Glassface offer summertime blueberry picking and hiking."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe

Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten

Story

Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

Story

The Right Place At The Right Time
by Joe & Nellie Kennedy

A musical history of Joe and Nellie Kennedy