Maine Memory Network

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"… confirms that famous hunter, Thomas Wilson, led a party consisting of Stephen Titcomb, Jr., Robert Gower, James Henry, Robert Alexander, and James…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Parties and gatherings with music were prevalent among rusticators. There were even measuring parties where the community got together and measured…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"Patriotic and proud, it's easy to throw a party worth remembering in this town. Here's a look at a few of our memorable celebrations."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Nominated for president by the new Republican Party in 1860, he won a four way race and immediately faced the dissolution of the union over the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… landownership could lead them to bestow multiple parties with rights to a single place. The eighteenth-century proprietors, however, insisted that…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… prepared for arbitration by a neutral third party. US and British officials presented the king of the Netherlands with voluminous documentation…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… celebration to bookend the overnight stay of the party: there was a parade, military review, fire engine trials, a regatta, a cotillion reception…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… Library collection from the Socialist Workers Party headquarters in New York City dated March 13,1895 to Protasio Neri showed him to be involved in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"As a second job, some lobstermen operated fishing party boats summer afternoons, taking groups to catch mackerel, pollack, flounder, cod and haddock…"

McArthur Public Library

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Frye Island Historical Society

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

"Holidays were sometimes celebrated by a party during school, study of the history of a certain holiday, or a performance. Gifts were often exchanged."

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

"… the island in any way? …A company of interested parties could buy at a small cost the parts of the Island less desirable for building purposes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… she was often asked to perform at private dinner parties. The theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… walking on the stone beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and jig saw puzzles. St."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… /Ocean Ranger/ and the bills of laden and Charty Party for the/ Lemuel Peters/ are all on file at the Holt House."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"His grandfather was an “Indian” in the Boston Tea Party. His father, Nicholas Sr., was married to Sarah Hammond, daughter of Benjamin Hammond."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… did not stand up and create a treaty to both parties’ benefits. Looking at the map, Maine would be one-half its size if Canada had its way."

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

"… to everyone else's conversations on those early "party lines," but Ella was the first one to know about fires."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Progressive Party Rally, Dixfield, 1914Dixfield Historical Society On April 26, 1819, in Baltimore, Maryland, Thomas Wildey and four members of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"Mr Mixer has notified all parties to be ready to have water let into the Middle Canal on Wednesday Dec."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… in 1884, 29 years after Clark hosted the Tracy Party. It was the largest hotel on the island outside of Bar Harbor, with 35 rooms on three upper…"