Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"The Old House built by John Savage II ca. 1820, torn down on February 22, 2013Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell..."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class. A state law was passed in 1904, requiring towns to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"SEE New NOTES Mary Camp Swanton and Henry Worcester Swanton, Ambrotypes, ca. 1864, BathPatten Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"Where are all the other headstones of everyone who died before 1800? So far no one has been able to locate this old, old cemetery."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"The Champlain Society Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Significance of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… are all that remain—aside from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Emerson Fales Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… – a pipe vise, an umbrella holder, and a portable camp. These were never patented. He built a beautiful Victorian house for his family."

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

"The prisoners at the camps had to buy their own food and John would sometimes sell his possessions in order to get money for food and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… spent many years traveling there seasonally and camping on the island. While there, his mind was on finding folks to rent his canoes, sport-hunters…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… entrance, for these were the grounds of Saco (Camp Ellis) fishermen. These historic community boundaries are still respected, and many young…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Indians from the Pennacook tribe had a camp on the mountain in back of what is known as the Ira Wing farm."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 A letter from Sumner Cobb to his family, discussing the Spanish Flu.Maine Historical…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping supplies, sports equipment and guns.Bangor Historical Society Shep was very energetic, smart…"

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

"I shall send you A drawing of our cook tents , Camps, etc. with this to give you an idea of our mode of living."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life. Back in his studio after this assignment, Homer worked on a series of war-related paintings…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I had- we had a kerosene stove from camping. So we had lots of camping equipment. So we did get our cooler out and we did get our stove out."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… ice age hunters of mammoth and caribou, camped around Munsungan Lake and quarried high quality red, green, and gray chert (flint) which they used…"

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

"… went to jobs at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bar Harbor during the 1930s helping build the infrastructure for Acadia National Park."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He would spend the rest of his life preaching wherever he could find an audience. But his biggest audiences would come at the camp meetings that were…"