Maine Memory Network

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

"John Martin (1823-1904) learned about the meeting and went to the campground to observe. He drew the picture in 1864 and included it on page 199 of…"

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…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"We held a community-wide meeting in August 2008 to ascertain which exhibit topics we should focus on."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"In 1952 at a special town meeting on December 26, Islesboro residents voted unanimously to accept “the most wonderful Christmas gift we ever had.”…"

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

"For over 150 years, local ladies have been meeting to create and fashion the very best ideas from their whirring sewing machines heard from within…"

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

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… are all that remain—aside from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."

Stetson Historical Society

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping supplies, sports equipment and guns.Bangor Historical Society Shep was very energetic, smart…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He would spend the rest of his life preaching wherever he could find an audience. But his biggest audiences would come at the camp meetings that were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the porch…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bangor Public Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lawrence Cannery Camps, North Lubec, 1955Lubec Memorial Library In 1880 Moses P. Lawrence, Henry Dodge and Julius Wolff established a sardine…"

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."