Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society It was the arrival of these rusticators, as they called themselves, that…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… air and sunshine to the body."Mount Desert Island Historical Society The island's growing popularity raised concern, mainly among summer people…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… along the Atlantic Coast.Mount Desert Island Historical Society Eventually things improved -- aided by such things as the development of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"1930 Bar Harbor, as it appeared in 1930.Maine Historical Society Islanders still fished, but instead of sailing to Labrador, they stayed more local."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"1863Mount Desert Island Historical Society Soon something much worse happened which affected the island greatly -- the Civil War."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Elizabeth Akers Allen collar, ca. 1870Maine Historical Society Her earliest poems are said to have been published when she was between 12 and 15…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962Baxter State Park Del worked for the State of Maine in…"

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

"1930Lovell Historical Society After they got over the “snow amazement” phase, my parents found an over abundance of food."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society X X The Braden Theater opened in April 1950 on Main Street in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"Presque Isle Historical Society Back then there were a lot more different car lines than there are today. One includes the Dinah Pinard."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"1910Presque Isle Historical Society Up until the 1970s when farms became more automated, farmers in Aroostook County used barrels to move potatoes…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Maine Historical Society, 2015. Web. 28 May 2015. "Awards." Eastern Maine Medical Center. Eastern Maine Medical Center, 2015. Web. 28 May 2015."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… even more proud to be from such a patriotic and historically rich town. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who have…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"1960Surry Historical Society Changes By 1950, Surry's population had dropped to 448, its lowest level ever."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"John Martin backbend, Bangor, 1844Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum The growing Raynes family and John Martin moved several times to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"1865Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum When he visited Belfast and saw a house he admired, John Martin stopped to sketch it -- in great…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… Store wagon, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… ascension, Bangor, 1857 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On Thursday, Oct."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… apple, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a Gravenstein apple…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… Katahdin Iron Works, 1890 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), who was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors granted a limited number of free plots of land in Brunswick…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… Wabanaki deed to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors formed in 1714 after purchasing a claim tracing back to a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"Maine Historical Society Although the title may sound humble, clerks managed the books and, as they were privy to sensitive information, wielded…"