Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"New York Sportsman's Show booth, 1897 "Camp Oquossoc" displayed expert taxidermy and the latest sporting equipment from all over Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Savage, Douglas J. Prison Camps in the Civil War. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. Small, Harold A."

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… early records who was buried "near the Indian Camping Ground" which may have been south of Parker Point near what was referred to as Indian Point…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Emerson Fales Transcription Camp of Maine 4th Near Bottoms Bridge Eight Miles from Richmond May 27, 1862 Friend Marietta Camp of ME 4th Near Bottoms…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the General. “Yes, Sir, I am here,” Henry said."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy. The Trull was the first homeopathic hospital opened in Maine, and was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… are all that remain—aside from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… room, the garage, living quarters, and over-night camps of J.O. Buzzles were completely flooded. On Friday afternoon the ice jams in Sangerville…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… shoreline is now heavily developed with family camps, cottages and homes. The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake…"

Stetson Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"They named the island they camped on that first winter “St. Croix,” either as a reflection of the cross-shaped conjunction of the rivers around it or…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… Iowa, July 10th, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp Kearney July10th /62 I sent a letter to you the 7th with Ed Kent but as I received one from…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va. March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Sporting camps around Maine loved to have Fly Rod come and visit. She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"They spent the third night on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they found the camp."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Parties wishing to Hunt or Camp in Maine can secure an Excellent Guide by addressing Joe Pierpoll, Princeton, Maine, the best Indian guide in the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!). The buildings were usually huge, having to hold hundreds of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… – a pipe vise, an umbrella holder, and a portable camp. These were never patented. He built a beautiful Victorian house for his family."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"SEE New NOTES Mary Camp Swanton and Henry Worcester Swanton, Ambrotypes, ca. 1864, BathPatten Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"The prisoners at the camps had to buy their own food and John would sometimes sell his possessions in order to get money for food and other…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The soldiers trained at Camp Washburn (named for Maine Gov. Israel Washburn), a temporary assembly and camp area in Portland’s East Deering, across…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Frye Island Historical Society

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