Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Caring For Our Families and Friends From the first European settlement on Swan’s Island, written records show that the community has financially…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Sweet Chariot Festival musicians, Swan's Island, ca. 2000Swan's Island Historical Society In 1987, Doug Day brought another form of musical…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… old carriage trimmer from Newport, enlisted as a musician in Company E of the Sixteenth Maine Regiment on August 14, 1862, and died of disease in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… as postmistresses, navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers, while their husbands earned the wages that financially supported the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's Island, the Sadlers."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own family connections to quarry workers. Please join us in our exploration of Baird's quarry, from its…"

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

"Some were able to return to the island on weekends. Mohler-Dewsnap family, Swan's Island, ca. 1950Swan's Island Historical Society This period…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… Island Historical Society Telephones for family use arrived on the island during the 1920s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"This is being accomplished by sharing family photos, personal artifacts, oral histories, and stories."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"A smattering of writers, artists, and musicians seek their muses in this idyllic setting. A few people strive to subsist off the land by growing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Martin, Johnson, and Carlson are island families whose roots on Swan’s started with quarry workers over 100 years ago and are still very much a part…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"1942Swan's Island Historical Society Families would also make ice cream when they had enough snow for the ice cream makers."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… Swan’s provided a living for the fishermen, family members and other island citizens continued to use the land to grow vegetables and fruits, and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"They were the first family to have children in the house. Long-time residents remember playing ball in the 'field' behind the house, which is not…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Swan sought out laborers (preferably Protestant families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… of ’62." This Lincoln native was the Principal Musician with the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in the Civil War."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… acres to any settler who would come, bring his family, build a house and cultivate the land. In turn, the settlers had to agree to stay seven…"

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

"… effort to preserve what history remained—donating family photograph collections, participating in oral history interviews, and volunteering their…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Rumford Stories, interviewed other artists and musicians, including Naomi Davis Robertson, a quilter with the Lady of the Lake Quilters; Burt…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"We can only guess at its age. His talent as a musician and composer is the thing that insures his memory."

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

"… building hosted countless international singers, musicians and Broadway stars. Greek Festival, Bar Harbor, 1920Bar Harbor Historical Society…"

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

"… organizations, the first group of organized musicians that is recorded was in the late 1800s. Hiram Plummer was the leader and the band played for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… he became its first choir director.” (Music and Musicians on Maine, George Thornton Edwards) Belcher’s impact on Farmington’s role as a cultural…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Rufus G. Ellsworth of Strong wanted to be a musician for Company L but by December 28, 1863, he had been mustered to Petersburg, Virginia."