Maine Memory Network

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

"… in other parts of the island would sometimes travel to the Harbor (Swan's Island village) and stay at the hotel before catching the steamboat in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… a performer, producer, and promoter of “Indian entertainments,” and his name appeared in dozens of newspapers across New England, especially Maine."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road that was US Route 1 from Falmouth Foreside."

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

"… the construction of better roads and making travel between the separate island villages easier."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… doctors, grocers, tailors, carpenters, fishermen, entertainment, and clergy. People spent their days toiling long hours to produce the basic…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… hotel at first provided the necessary staples and entertainment for the summer people. By the mid-twentieth century, the Ryder’s Cove business…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A dance hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel. Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The semi-pro games provided a lot of entertainment over the years, and many traveling teams from all over the country would play in Guilford."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… be affluent, and adventuresome, as they farmed, traveled and interacted with Ellsworth citizens. East Surry residents proudly capitalized the E in…"

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

"… wharf to collect the mail, visit the shops, travel, or just see people. Ruth says of the steamboat schedule, “Life did revolve around it."

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

"… sections of the logbooks are perhaps the most entertaining). However, this should not detract from what the Society accomplished scientifically."

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

"… poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held regattas in Somes Sound."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… all must travel to one of them for shopping and entertainment. The former MSAD 39 (now the Nezinscot Region) has traditionally been allied with the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Later when travel became easier, the towns remained insular. MDI had several principal high schools before they all consolidated into Mount Desert…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Residents found they could be entertained at opera houses and could become engaged in community activities through various organizations such as the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… Mount Desert Island to go for leisure, fun, and entertainment during this era. John J. Emery, an aristocrat based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with ties to…"

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

"… more people joined the town, organizations and entertainment became important. People needed a time to get together to talk, get to know each…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… to Farmington as a hub of musical and social entertainment while Farmington’s resident looked to Lewiston as a broader source of cultural…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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