Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… in 1812 the settlers of Township Six Range Seven gathered together and set aside $21.00 to establish Guilford’s first school."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… churches were for meeting places and a place to gather for suppers. Churches are also used for shelters, concerts, weddings, and celebrations."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… she returns not." X The next day townspeople gathered in the area to help with the search. All the fields, pastures and wooded areas between…"

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

"Strong's alumni still gather one weekend each August. County ChampionsStrong Historical Society By today’s standards, late 1800s and even early…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and goods. Another form of transportation was supplied by the Maine…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Junior Mothercraft were organizations of women gathering together at each other's homes, sharing life experiences, exchanging recipes, discussing…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… (MHS), to provide a permanent home for the images gathered by the two collectors. The collection was again featured within MHS' 2015 exhibition…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"As far as I could see it was just a happy gathering and a place to work and earn a few pennies. Audio here."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Lubec Historical Society The bandstand, a prime gathering place for the public in an era larded with local musical organizations, stood at Main…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… Allen of Lubec, was greeted by a festive crowd gathered at the new International Steamship Company wharf."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… revealed Mainers, Russians, and Japanese folks gathered together in everyday clothes, belting out a moving rendition of a chorus from Aida…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Neck (North Lubec) during the spring smelt run, gathered sweet grass and harvested shellfish, the remains of which have been discovered in shell…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… and people retained a food foraging/ hunting and gathering strategy until after the arrival of Europeans."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"They hosted rallies, gathered petitions, and took a number of other official actions requesting the state government to prohibit alcoholic beverages…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings. Bangor was one of the first cities in the United States to have a railroad."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Curtis hired farm boys to go out in the woods and gather the sap. Scraping the resin from the trees was painstaking work, and bits of bark, twigs…"

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

"… Hall in town also served as a place for people to gather. Movies were shown here, and dances were held almost every Saturday night."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Some entities existed strictly for social gathering with others were created to better the lives of local citizens."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"During the summer of 1926, locals gathered at the Perry Opera House. Washburn attorney, Andrew “Jack” Beck and local attorney, Charles Daggett, spoke…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… at school would load the stove with firewood gathered by the boys. Some of the schools were even labeled as unfit for children due to cold and…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… would eventually host team sports and Chatauqua gatherings. This field was located behind the High School on High Street."