Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The Millerites, a…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Jones (at right) strikes a military pose and looks determinedly into the camera of a photographer whose painted backdrop depicts an army camp scene."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The soldiers trained at Camp Washburn (named for Maine Gov. Israel Washburn), a temporary assembly and camp area in Portland’s East Deering, across…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… room, the garage, living quarters, and over-night camps of J.O. Buzzles were completely flooded. On Friday afternoon the ice jams in Sangerville…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!). The buildings were usually huge, having to hold hundreds of…"

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

"He died in the 1920’s. John Edward Horton's Military Discharge Papers X John Horton was a soldier in the Civil War and became a corporal on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"They named the island they camped on that first winter “St. Croix,” either as a reflection of the cross-shaped conjunction of the rivers around it or…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"New York Sportsman's Show booth, 1897 "Camp Oquossoc" displayed expert taxidermy and the latest sporting equipment from all over Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"Evidence of the location of Champlain’s original camp ultimately won the day over Passamaquoddy testimony, and future commissions on the political…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… shoreline is now heavily developed with family camps, cottages and homes. The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… the Army of the Potomac into a well-drilled military machine.Bangor Historical Society Gen. McClellan has issued an order to stop the Rations of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Sporting camps around Maine loved to have Fly Rod come and visit. She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Soldiers serving in the military in crowded encampments were also hard hit. Of the 1,032 Mainers who died during the war, over half died of the flu."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Even during that rough time she helped injured prisoners in the camp. This act of unselfishness shows how heroic she truly was."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… County relied on outside influences such as the military to aid in the continued growth of the region."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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