Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… next three pages: Baseball Basketball Soccer Baseball Baseball started in Guilford in 1898. The games were played at the Town Field which was…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"… of different types of sports was all encompassing, and includes photos of boxing, baseball, football, golf, horseshoes, swimming, basketball."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"… tremendously was during the fair there were baseball games in the infield. The teams were made up of only boys, but the girls could cheer for them…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"He would play football and baseball with the neighborhood kids. Usually his time spent alone was either studying, reading a book, or doing chores."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"There was a plywood mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"On that fence are reliefs depicting baseball and football players. The field has hosted many, many baseball games, plus track meets, football games…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… world renowned author Stephen King, Major League baseball player Mike Bordick, and NASCAR driver Ricky Craven have in common? The fact is all of…"

Belfast Historical Society

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

"In 1910 a baseball diamond was added to the park allowing baseball to be played. Bass Park was also built with a special entrance with enlarged…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… first started they would practice on the boy's baseball field. There was no JV soccer, just because not a lot of other schools even had soccer yet."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Guilford Fair Baseball Game The centerpiece of the fair was a double header baseball game between the local semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They played baseball and tug of war, and held regattas in Somes Sound. Back in Cambridge during the school year, they got together for meetings…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… a merry-go-round, swings, a shooting gallery, a baseball throw, exhibit booths, movies, and picnic nooks."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… where he excelled in sports, lettering in baseball and basketball. He graduated in June of 1940."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach. Starting in the 1920s, students began to compete in intermural basketball…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… and test their skill at the shooting gallery and baseball throw at the arcades, or visit the concession stands, which sold hot dogs, popcorn…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"PCHS also offered a baseball team. Today, Piscataquis Community High School is located at 9 Campus Drive, while Piscataquis Community Middle School…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… want to become the first Lincoln Major League Baseball player or in the National Basketball Association."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… on the football field, basketball court, or the baseball diamond. Despite being competitive in all their sports programs, it was the success of the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… had in-town fields where some of the early baseball games were played (Roger Spear’s unpublished history of Baseball in Farmington)."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… of the one day event came to be a double-header baseball game between the local semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"There was also horse pulling and baseball games at the High School. Central School always had a food booth."

Colby College Special Collections

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