Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About MCHP

"About MCHP X About the Maine Community Heritage Project... The Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP), a partnership between Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Nowhere is there a better field for enjoyment than in this little Eden. -Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, 1890 Nature’s Pleasures Once unpacked and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… Settlement Wheeler and Crosby Text by Karyn Field Crosby's Grist Mill Store, called Old Brick Store, Hampden, built in 1807Hampden Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"The World Outside  2:43 Green Fields  3:41 He   3:03 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands   2:56 Climb Ev’ry Mountain   2:50 How Great Thou Art…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"Carnival, Fire Department, Muster Field, Hallowell, ca 1934Hubbard Free Library While historic Hallowell had the annual carnival as a fundraiser for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"She liked to pick flowers in a local field, and watch the clouds go by. Growing up, my mother didn’t have a TV or toys."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"… take the full seed potato barrels, put them on the back of the potato truck, and bring them out to the field. The men would also plant the seeds."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… 1900, barrels were transported to and from the field with wagons that were built with a low platform, allowing the barrels to be more easily loaded…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"The farm owner, Mr. Conant is walking across the field by two potato pickers. On the right, two men are loading a barrel by hand."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… 4.4 acre park space includes soccer and softball fields, a 30’ x 90’ support building, a lighted multi-use area, playground and picnic areas, boat…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"… per acre, yielding 217 barrels of potatoes this field. Common fertilizers are rated as having certain variable percentages of nitrogen (N)…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the stone wall. A ship enters the harbor, while three other ships are under construction."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… the sixth, the passage to a house barn garden field or pasture is one continual pleasure or source of vexation." It appears on page 7 of Scrap…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"War of 1812 Text by Karyn Field There is no doubt that by the time of the Battle of Hampden, September 3, 1814, the British were already familiar…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The truck was driven back to the potato field so that the empties could be dropped onto the picker's sections."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… in by the United States Geological Survey as a field collector. He was also employed by the Canadian government and several colleges and…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec waters have flooded the ice field before they could be harvested. The Kennebec River has wrecked $1,000,000 worth of Hallowell all…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… 1898Hampden Historical Society Text by Karyn Field The Penobscot River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries, providing…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"Changing Times Text by Karyn Field Through the early 1800s Hampden held its own economically with its neighbor Bangor, even having the larger…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"… buffalos, and my father worked in rice and peanut fields. They both got little pay on some days, no pay on others."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… but gave a break to the potato pickers and other field workers. Worn lags would have to be replaced with new ones."

Nylander Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… to benefit their citizens, including the athletic field and trail built on the Osgood lot behind the municipal building and the Veterans Memorial…"