Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Baker got the ball and quickly fired up a shot. The ball sailed up in the air, eyes following its path, heading right for the hoop."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"The British left a cannon ball hole in the warehouse and pillaged the town. There were a handful casualties, and the citizens were forced to give a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… are indented, while others are shaped like small balls. The well-known pie crust buttons are scattered throughout the bag- easy to identify with…"

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

"… and talent shows, as well as the annual Fireman's Ball or Way-Back Ball, where people dressed in clothes from an earlier time."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Enter the horse show? Dress up for a masquerade ball? Attend a concert at the Building of the Arts? Play golf or tennis at the Kebo Club? Join the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Ball of New Jersey, when he claimed authorship of the poem, keeping Elizabeth involved in legal proceedings to reclaim the rights to her poem, as it…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… in fashionable changes of clothing, masquerade balls, musicales and lectures, yachting parties, horse shows, tennis tournaments, and an array of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Library There was one of the finest masquerade balls ever given at Bar Harbor at Mrs. P. Walley’s summer villa, on Eden Street, last Tuesday night."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… display of fireworks viewed from the Guilford Ball Park. Water Street Parade float, Guilford, 1966Guilford Historical Society Saturday there…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"oil storage facility near the ball fields. But bad news cohabitated with good news – it seemed nothing could discourage the machinery of progress."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"To start the ball rolling, the renovation officially began when the first wall was knocked down. This construction would go on for about seven years."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… many city landmarks also fell before the wrecking ball. Adding to the city's challenges was the closing of Dow Air Force Base in 1968."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Warren Island became a state park in 1959 and is the only State Park that is accessible solely by water."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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