Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"What most people don’t know is that the fair described in the book is the Blue Hill Fair! E.B White lived just down the road in Brooklin."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Now the Fair is nine days. The Fair has and will always be one of Presque Isle’s favorite entertainments for old and young people."

Blue Hill, Maine - Adelaide Pearson

"… and other activities, she was a seminal figure in attracting artists and craftspeople to the area, creating the foundation for Blue Hill's growth…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Blue Hill had many accommodations that attracted rusticators and Blue Hill offered culture that could not be found elsewhere."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"The attraction and the comfort and beauty of the blue hill which rested snugly at the head of the bay certainly influenced what the place was called…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… successfully to raise funds that resulted in the attractive brick library building on the corner of Main Street and Parker Point Road that opened…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… Chamber of Commerce mounted a sustained effort to attract doctors, dentists, attorneys, and other professionals to town."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… the modernity and superiority of the Academy had attracted much attention, but this had begun to fade in the early to middle twentieth century."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Bangor State Fair is one of the oldest fairs not just in Maine, but also in U.S., next to the Skowhegan State Fair, which is the oldest State…"

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

"The North New Portland Fair was one event that children saved their money for. They would pay 10 cents to get on a ride and the favorite was the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… which had very few houses until around 1942, was fairly flat. The wind swept fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees obstructed it…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Since that time, the Farmington Fair has been the county’s premier autumn social event. “Throughout its history [the farmington fair] has proved of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Their morning dawned fairly, and I hope their setting sun may be as cloudless. So far as temporal comforts are concerned, I should think they might…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… to Jehovah’s Witness; the Northern Maine Fair is still an important rite of summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a…"

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

"… their importance in running the New Portland Town Fair. Other groups included the Odd Fellows, the Fernwood Grange, the Farm Bureau, and the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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