Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… he did a great deal of research and made numerous trips to photograph features of the area.” With his oft-present measuring wheel Avery explored…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… years ago the little steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Mary Cheney Gould (founder of the Bagaduce Chorale), and Marcia Chapman took a trip to visit their friend Fritz Jahoda, a famous chamber musician."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… school year began with students taking a field trip in the fall to visit downtown Hallowell. They first participated in a scavenger hunt looking…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… 22, 1959, President Eisenhower returned from a trip to Europe. He kicked off the “Pageant of Peace Program” at 4:30 p.m."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… the realer the raft on the ship had been tripped. And ugh oh it came down in the water. So we went over there and got the food from it, which was…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The average trip across took around twenty minutes, more or less, depending on the flow of the current and how high or low the river was."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… would you respond if you were alive to take a trip to Solomon’s Store?” When the fall comes, the children save up their money from the summer and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… up to seventeen vehicles and makes multiple daily trips year round. It was now possible for islanders to take a car to the mainland, run errands…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"H Davis invited his employees to make a trip with him to Lewiston. Arrived at that place, they all repaired to the Railroad saloon, where a sumptuous…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The fourteen-mile trip from the northern part of the island to the southern end was an all-day journey by horse and buggy."