Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"At night, for dinner we have huge feasts, which whoever is invited MUST bring one plate of wood or bark and then I give the benediction upon the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… of the “big holiday celebration!” Three-course dinners, catered by C. W. Lutz, were served at the park for twenty five cents, and a Sunday menu…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially. Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the keeper) and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… it is clear and we have to go to work again after dinner. So you see, we don’t get much time to write."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Rusticators often went on hikes and after dinner excursions. Hiking was popular and many used handcrafted wooden canes when hiking."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… French Fries from Maine potatoes to a lobster dinner. There is something for everyone. In the Exhibition Hall, there are many vegetable displays…"

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

"… and community-minded residents organize benefit dinners or concerts to help a family in need. The new in-migration has also revived Blue Hill's…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The churches served dinners and Samuel Boardman and the men from his mill set up tables in the sheds by the railroad and served beanhole beans."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Times, in 1968, reported a story about a sports dinner at which Jay Whitmore and Byron Robinson, members of Pemetic’s first basketball team, told…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"After his dinner he stood up and made a life-saving announcement! He was to build a spool mill on the same site as the little sawmill, already a…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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

"… to the Railroad saloon, where a sumptuous dinner was served up in a “mine host’s” best style. As the party were about to start out, Capt."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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