Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"In some summers North Haven was also included in the stops. Ruth Orcutt remembers the steamboat years with fondness, and points out, “you knew people…"

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

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

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Summers were spent living alone and winters with relatives in New Hampshire. In 1961, Litchfield celebrated his 90th birthday at his niece’s home in…"

Surry Historical Society

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

"For most of the 20th Century, the town's summer colony helped make Blue Hill a busy place for two months in the summer, but year-round jobs were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"changed shifts. The Carlton Bridge continued to carry train traffic. Today, that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"The ice would stay there until summer. When summer came, workers would take the ice down south by ship where they could use it to keep things cold…"

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

"1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Summer at Asticou brought a house and lodging swap for most of the Savage family."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… Astors, Rockefellers and Fords spent their summers on MDI. Locals found employment with this growing summer population. Economy on Mt."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"and Emily Savage as their summer home while they rented out Harbor Cottage. Around 1915 the house was expanded further and rented to Dr. & Mrs."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"He also spent two summers as a intern minister in Blue Hill where he learned about the community and they about him."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… its use is largely restricted to the warmer summer months. There are breakfasts in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players'…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Theater

"Usually there was a play shown in the summer as entertainment for the summer population. These performances utilized the stage of the Odd Fellows…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… have music and dancing especially during the summer months when the summer population was present."

Monmouth Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"Each summer the museum offers a two-week summer teacher institute free of charge to history educators, encouraged and advised by Pulitzer…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… With images from the Patten Free Library Summer Street, Bath, ca. 1907.Patten Free Library The Columbian Block, at 168 through 194 Front…"

Byron Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… over 40,000 people to come together each year and celebrate harvest time, the end of summer, and a way of life that is as important now as ever."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… On page 73 of the journal, he wrote, "During this summer I became a quite a mechanic I made me a cart with hub and spoke wheels and the idea…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"He wrote that the school was built in the summer of 1855 after residents of the area repeatedly petitioned for a school in the neighborhood."

Moosehead Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Lead by summer resident turned year-rounder George B. Dorr and summer residents Charles Eliot and John D."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"1, 1857, thousands gathered on the circus grounds Summer Street in Bangor to watch the ascension of a yellow silk balloon named "Young America." It…"