Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… was originally buried near the homestretch of the track where he ran some of his greatest races. A concrete vault was built for his final resting…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"They used pieces of wood for fire and to rebuild the buildings that were damaged. The people of Hallowell were soon back on track."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"In the horse-drawn digger days of the early 1900s a potato picker could earn 2 or 3 cents for each full barrel."

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

"Even today horses race on the original track as they did well over a hundred years ago. In 1910 a baseball diamond was added to the park allowing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Even so, it was better than working your horses to pull out the logs, because the horses would wear out fast."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"The track from Dunstan to Old Orchard Beach opened the following year on 4 July 1903. The popular tourist spot was finally connected to Portland and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… was built in 1949 on the site of an old horse track. It was originally a one-third mile clay oval."

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

"… began to compete in intermural basketball, track, tennis, volleyball, skiing, snowshoeing, cross country, football, and soccer."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… & Maine and refused to allow its cars use of the tracks. Conductors of through trains were instructed to connect with the Boston & Maine cars at…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… bottom of Greenville Street before the railroad tracks. After many experiments, the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper."

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

"… of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was loaded on ships with a derrick."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Danielle, grade 6 Scarborough High School Track Team, 1921Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough School System's extra…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the track. At noon, the Lewiston Train finally arrived, but with the three other fire departments at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In 1911, the MCRR track that went through Walnut Hill Village was rerouted to here, thus avoiding an uphill grade."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… his calculations and the party was outside “the track of totality,” missing the corona of the eclipse."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The number of votes was kept to keep track of the growing number of settlers. At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school…"

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

"… driven, they are capped, and the stringers and track timbers laid, in the direction of the master building, C. H. Davis."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"This ledger appears to track his business – some sort of store. What is most interesting is that he trades with “Indians”."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… selling the tobacco products that Okell actually tracked him down to be certain the orders were real."

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