Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"(1857-1929) was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"He obtained funds from Edwin B. Patten to stock the store, essentially selling items on commission to repay Patten."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The boys had to take the sheep and stay warm and hunt to survive. Peter returned to and get his familly before Joseph came back."

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

"… the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden years" for the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"15, 1858. Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army at the age of 12 years old in the War of 1812."

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… Sharpshooter, and Newel Nicola and Horace Francis the Penobscot Boy. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Charles Benedict and Hiram Averill Tracy (1878), he always rode in the saddle, and his rule was to ride seventy miles a day."

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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

"… a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Both of his legs were broken as well as his collar bone and right ankle. He was carried to the clearwater pharmacy and treated by Drs."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… the Guilford Historical Society The History of Boys Soccer in Guilford The Guilford soccer team was established in 1968, under the leadership of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"“Hallowell Boys At Home and Abroad.” Hallowell Register (May 17, 1884). “Hallowell Historic District.” Inventory-Nomination Form."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… is still bringing forth children, educating the boys and girls for weal or woe; she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… on the settees and that was fine, but not me, boy—music, I right up and at ‘em! I remember—we used to go in there and have pie and ice cream."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"Well, boys and girls, every year on a warm summer's afternoon, at about the time of the Bangor Fair, I think of a happening from my early days on…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"It employed more than 700 men, women, and boys. The printing department alone employed more than 100 employees."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The monument is of a “dough boy”. A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Two boys stand behind them and a third sits in front of his father. O.R. Patch family, Bangor, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"That was a sad day for us boys because you used to hitch your sleds to the ice wagons when they made the run up the hill empty, you know, after they…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Wray, Matt, Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness, 2006, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C."

Bangor Public Library

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