Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Riverside Park was not unlike other amusement parks and resorts of the period. Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Then in 1929 it was renamed Acadia National Park and now protects almost half of Mount Desert Island."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The trough was placed in the park and is used as a planter located on the northeast corner of the park."

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - About Us

"About Us The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"This project was made possible by a grant from The New Century Community Program and The Maine Humanities Council"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"At first it was named Maplewood Park and was privately-owned. It was called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville was showing movies Thursday evenings at the Masonic Hall."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Building Community and Commerce Salem Towne Map, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1808 In 1808, Salem Towne Jr., Esq., was given the task of mapping…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… the chief horticulturist of the National Capital Parks Department, George Harding. Over the next few months, over 500 trees were screened."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater. The small, yet enjoyable park, brought both amusement and theatrical features to…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan Then and Now

"… many beautiful buildings have been torn down for parking lots or chain stores, but we needed to make a short movie on this."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Just recently a new park was built on the island to commemorate Benedict Arnold's march to Quebec City."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… included: MDI High School, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… programs at the Abbe Museum, Acadia National Park, and College of the Atlantic, sharing their history and contemporary story with people from all…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"The final push was when Acadia National Park was formed, putting Mount Desert Island on the map as an official tourist destination."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… resort and as the home of Acadia National Park. The extraordinarily beautiful and abundant natural environment, the deep and appealing cultural…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Acadia National Park was popular, well established, and attractive to a growing and mobile summer population."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… Years Tilting Rock Pamphlet, Acadia National Park-Day Mountain, Seal Harbor, ca. 1960Mount Desert Island Historical Society Thuya Garden…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Village Improvement Society proposed to create a park that would stretch from Main Street to the harbor."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"About MCHP X About the Maine Community Heritage Project... The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Maine Community Heritage Project Training X At the July training, each team shared their work to date, presenting an outline of one of five…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… Maine Railroad stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood transport…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… from Maine Historical Society, through the Maine Community Heritage Project, to develop a web-based project about the town's history."