Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The Millerites, a…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and successfully at the highly popular Arts and Craft Show, held each year at the Historical Society."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"Pastimes As for pastimes... camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"… Historical and Art Museum Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a fishing trip. Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers alike," according to Robert Wilson’s biography of Matthew Brady."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Emerson Fales Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the General. “Yes, Sir, I am here,” Henry said."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"SEE New NOTES Mary Camp Swanton and Henry Worcester Swanton, Ambrotypes, ca. 1864, BathPatten Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… of camaraderie and community that existed in the camps continues through the annual Native American Festival, now in its 22 year."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy. The Trull was the first homeopathic hospital opened in Maine, and was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Parties wishing to Hunt or Camp in Maine can secure an Excellent Guide by addressing Joe Pierpoll, Princeton, Maine, the best Indian guide in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va. March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… went to jobs at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bar Harbor during the 1930s helping build the infrastructure for Acadia National Park."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… hay and potatoes which were needed for the lumber camps to survive. Many of these farmers also worked as lumbermen during the winter months."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… outdoor skills; things a person could learn in camp today. This was the only course offered specifically for boys."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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