Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… and experience the thrill of a wet and wild ride down the Kennebec. Gone are the great days of logging and of the many mills that lined the river…"

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

"… on the back of this truck get a chance to ride through the field and talk to the pickers. The digger tractor driver and the truck drivers also get…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern trains from Brunswick to Rockland."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"People were encouraged to ride together in cars. Although everything was rationed, there were still shortages; many items that would normally be…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… any extra pleasure trips, and fewer people were riding the trolley to Portland for shopping. Despite attempts to save the lines, all Greater…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Visitors to the museum can still ride the railroad along the Sandy River, albeit only for a limited distance."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… he always rode in the saddle, and his rule was to ride seventy miles a day. He had a powerful, high-sprited horse which he called his “War Horse”…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 2 of 2

"It truly was a great ride. Source: Personal recollection of former Rumford High School athlete Matt Kaubris."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"S: Yes, when my mother worked she used to ride on the back of a truck that would come and pick her up."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Activities of the rusticators included carriage rides, sailing, hiking, tennis, golf, and elegant parties."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides and games. The beloved annual fair came to an end when the B & A Railroad ceased."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Historical Society & Museum A post rider could ride 30 miles on a clear summer day; but in stormy winter or foggy spring weather, he could ride…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… carrier had to ford the waters at the Narrows or ride Captain Thompson's ferry. Thompson charged 10 cents for someone on foot, 31 cents for a horse…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… children home safely after countless boat rides. Donald’s wife and children had to become accustomed to his position, as he spent great amounts of…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… next, then rolled the Lubec firefighters proudly riding the horsedrawn pumper “Torrent,” which still exists in the Peacock Firefighting Museum as…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… the piece of sea glass or the lucky stone that stays in our pocket on that final ferry ride to the mainland at summer’s end. map of Islesboro "

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Army in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was riding in a helicopter and he gave his gun to the pilot to protect himself."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… it" Cars Shiny, Dirty Parking, Driving, Steering Riding Down the Roads of Lincoln Model T Buy a Model-T Cruising Down Streets of Lincoln Going…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He had to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… selling hot dogs at the Homecoming parade, and riding on the parade float. I like it when my whole family is there to worship God, because I’m not…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"I think it would be cool to ride the Lincoln train like people did back then. Lincoln Center Railroad Station, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"One day when he was riding horseback, he encountered a hog that became frightened and rushed directly under the horse's hoofs."