Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… coast for trappers, loggers, factories, and now tourists and river-runners in increasing numbers. Early English and French explorers engaged in…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Lubec Town Office Vital statistics, area businesses, tourist information and town facilities links available here."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"When tourists visited Bath they would want to see a play or a motion picture (in later years) at the Dreamland."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Shore dinner places, such as the Dunscroft and Wayland, tourist cabins and lodging houses attracted motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… and the Silver Lake Hotel, which served both tourist interests and workers at the Iron Works. Even though the name of the company changed over the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The summer tourists stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which eventually fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1969)."

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

"… an attraction when the state was sought out by tourists and homemakers as a symbol of a bygone era, “The Way Life Should Be.” Governor Bodwell…"

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

"… Mount Desert Island on the map as an official tourist destination. A huge player in the success of Acadia National Park was John D."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… are sprouting up along Route 2, welcoming the tourists that travel through to the ponds, lakes, golf courses, and ski areas, to enjoy the four…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"For the first time in western Maine’s history, rural communities had reliable transportation to other areas of the state."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… exclusive distribution rights of newspapers, tourist guides and souvenir books of travel over 5,000 miles of rail and steamship lines."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Gift Shop opens – first gift shop catering to tourists 1962 • Roosevelt International Bridge opens linking Lubec and Campobello Island • West…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Bridge in 2000, to accommodate the increasing tourist traffic and relieve the congestion during shift changes at a healthy BIW, is both a positive…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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