Maine Memory Network

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

"… approximately 1975, the Old House was occupied in summers by the Phillips line of Savage descendants."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Down with the ice of ’98 and summer heat that crept in late, ice of blue, ice of silver, hit the silent earth, that solemn night."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"By 1870 the village was getting four steamboats a day. A year later it had telegraph service. There were now 11 hotels, mostly along Main Street."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"A summer day, after school ended for the year, created for picnics and the usually placid waters of Gardner’s Lake, east of Machias in far Washington…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of the Isles (1901) was built for the Catholic summer help who worked for the wealthy summer families."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"Work was begun the summer of 1988 with help from summer work groups from the Mission at the Eastward."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Vacationers can now visit the island for a week or a day, rather than making a commitment of a month or more."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… on Cascade Pond Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land. In Hallowell the Moore family operated and ice business…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… movement, anti-separationists spent the summer organizing, and on Election Day in September they showed up by the thousands to cast their votes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island's summer residents have always played an important role in the character of the small coastal community."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"The Eliot family had been spending summers in the region since Charles was a young boy. The place was important to him, and he wanted to share the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Berrying in the summer was an annually awaited event. According to local historian Ruth Kidder: Often the team was harnessed and the wagon filled for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"He was the first in the family attend, even though he was not the oldest child. He came home for the summers and sometimes on the weekends."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… Historical Society Description In the summer of 1918, the citizens of Lincoln banded together and started the construction of a new grade…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer. The Flood of 1936, Ridlonville to Rumford bridgeMexico Historical Society After the…"

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

"Shows ran six days a week, three shows a day. Tickets were reasonably priced and Down East Magazine described the experience at the time as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… wife Emily Nicholson (1875-1941) who used it for summer quarters for themselves and their five children while they rented their larger house…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Guilford, 1918Guilford Historical Society The day of the Armistice was a day of wild excitement, whistles blowing, parades and torch light…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Mount Desert Island, for he spent part of most summers here for several decades. He rented canoes, often with himself or his son Mitchell as…"

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"He was a stock holder that worked in New York and he took a shine to my father. It was 1929- sometime in the summer- and he said to my father, “I…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Summer - In the summer the Abenakis would travel to the coast to clam, fish, and collect seafood. They would sometimes have big seafood feasts, where…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… its waters, canoeing to the headwaters each summer, and living in villages farther up river each winter."