Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Townspeople and players would journey in mid-winter weather from Southwest Harbor to Northeast Harbor to see the Pemetic Indians take on Gilman at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… a utility building, Charles made another urgent journey to New York City to enlist a land swap with JDR, Jr., that enabled the proposed utility…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… located in the same building that housed Ezekiel Goodale’s bookstore and publishing house in the early 1800s. The next step in our journey."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"During that journey she served as a correspondent for the Transcript and for the Boston Evening Gazette."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… the pilot to go further inland after the arduous journey. Jones began his business of flying sightseeing passengers in his biplanes in 1919, and by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… in Asticou, it will be interesting to trace the journey and uses of the Old Ell and hear what sounds and melodies present and future occupants will…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… and their families that the island was worth the journey. In August 1855, the painter Frederick Church, who had already come to the island several…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… were clear enough for them to continue with their journey. Stephen left right after the storm and continued on alone on snowshoes."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… like you've entered heaven and it begins your journey into the Hancock County Agricultural Society's Blue Hill Fair, as it has for over a hundred…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… had to be switched at the top to complete the journey. In 1802 the Scarborough Turnpike Corporation, headed by Robert Southgate and brothers…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… and a half million feet of logs went on a rapid journey down the Piscataquis. The thundering logs swept everything before them until they reached…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were leaking and extremely heavy to maneuver."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… it to the cars.” Luther himself remembered the journey from Maine and down into New York in a letter to his father back home."

Colby College Special Collections

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… for four months until spring, while the men journeyed ahead on snowshoe. Titcomb’s planning and resolve helped to establish the tone of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… and students did not want to make the journey to one single school. However, they had little choice."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… today is effortless compared to the challenging journeys that European settlers took through ancient North Yarmouth's dense forests."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of the island to the southern end was an all-day journey by horse and buggy. With the legalization of the automobile in 1933, many of these…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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