Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"…next came the artists and rusticators. Thomas Cole’s View across Frenchman’s Bay from Mount Desert Island after a Squall, 1845. Oil on canvas."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"Print. Research and exhibit by Taylor Thomas-Marsh, Gina Sabatini, and Jodi Baker at College of the Atlantic."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… Desert Island Text by Gina Sabatani and Taylor Thomas-Marsh Nestled alongside Maine's central coast, the small island of Mount Desert has been a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… Abraham Somes included Stephen Gott, Daniel Gott, Thomas Richardson, Andrew Tarr, Benjamin Stanwood, Stephen Richardson, Daniel Gott, Jr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… among its first white settlers the Higgins, Thomas, and Eden families. Somesville and mid-island, with the extended Pray, Somes, Richardson, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… Abbe Museum Theatre - Jodi Baker & Taylor Thomas-Marsh, College of the Atlantic Abbe Museum X Contributing Institutions Abbe Museum, Bar…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"… after 108 years, the building was demolished for parking a parking lot for the Northeastland Hotel. Sources: Clark, Marilyn, Wm."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Dr. Arad Farwell was another early physician, as well as Dr. Tracy. Henry W. Parks general store stood on the corner of Main Street and Roxbury Road…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… of 1977, a permanent cross was erected in a small park overlooking the Thomaston town landing at the westward bend of the river."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Henry W. Park came to Mexico from Dixfield. He first moved to a farm on Mann Hill and the next year bought a store at Mexico Corner, becoming a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

""Mayor Park of Mexico Corner, Etched by a Globe Man," Boston Daily Globe, Sunday, July 20, 1890, copied and typed by Richard J."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… established small hospitals in the Strathglass Park area. Dr. McCarty subsequently moved his hospital to Maine Avenue, but by 1926 the region had…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… J in three consecutive heats at the Island Park Raceway in Woodstock, New Brunswick. John R Braden competed in his first race in Presque Isle on…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… the fair grounds were known as the “trotting park.” This oval was created to keep horse races off of Main St."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… and Campobello Island • West Quoddy Head State Park established 1965 • Lubec High School Marching Band represents Maine in the Cherry Blossom…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… in 1933, its location also known as The Trotting Park. It was the most important event to everyone around the area."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Hallowell viewed from Butternut Park, Chelsea, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library Why Go to Hallowell? The Effects of the Embargo Act It is important to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… as well as the establishment of West Quoddy State Park and other conservation areas have contributed to an increasing number of visitors to Lubec…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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