Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"And right next door to where that was, there was—Chetwynds have got that little house now, used to be bigger."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Boys practiced marksmanship with scaled-down bows and arrows. The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Their only child was a boy named Orrin Horton who was born on June 20, 1863 in Somerville, MA. Orrin grew up in Blue Hill and became a builder."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The monument is of a “dough boy”. A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Young boys searched the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… shake your light and dainty feet O, you can do it boy! Right well we know you can Let each horse that steps with you then see the glitter of your…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… pare of Boots before long A lot of the Belfast Boys are going to have them and I want you to find out what you can get A good pair on NO 8 or 9’s."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… in the form of a few paragraphs" Hometown Boys Win Tournament, Lincoln, 1938Lincoln Historical Society The history of the railroad in Lincoln…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

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

"… to the curriculum and organized intramural boys’ and girls’ sports teams. Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Two young boys aged 12 and 16 remained all of that winter alone in the small dwelling. They trapped and hunted in order to survive and were much…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Another boy traveled with them and drove their three cows. They had just reached the last home in Readfield, belonging to Constant Norton, when a…"

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

"Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The Rumford Freshmen boys’ basketball program was run by the fundamentally sound Harry New, and Junior Varsity coaches at time were John Tapley and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This was the only course offered specifically for boys. In fact, the Academy was the first in Hancock County to allow girls to attend."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy named Keith. He lived on a fox farm. “Keith come down and eat your breakfast!” Keith’s mom…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"“Boy it’s a bad week for the Jimenez’s,” said Jack while driving his suffering wife to the hospital."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The Superintendent of the Boys Training Center in South Portland wrote Sister Annunciata to say “thank you for permitting the Singing Nuns from the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… over Little Blue, and opened it as a school for boys in 1844. The property was purchased by A. H. Abbott (not related) after Samuel P."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… five dollars a month when he was just a young boy. He would rough out the roads in the woods. While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Pendleton Library. Islesboro High School Boys' Basketball Team, 1906Islesboro Historical Society There never seemed to be a shortage of…"