Maine Memory Network

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…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths of a mile, cost 10 cents and included free admission."

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…"

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

"Bass Park was also built with a special entrance with enlarged midways and where automobiles could enter."

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…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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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."