Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… Rumford that was used when the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… the Main Street business district is devoted to summer visitors and tourists. There remains one grocery store but the theater, the pharmacy, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"It is visited by many folks during the summer months, and usually hosts the Norton Reunion in August."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… Library The Patten Free Library, located at 33 Summer Street in Bath, Maine, is architecturally unique."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"The first session met in summer under the supervision of teacher Miss Betsey Moore and the second session met in the winter under the tutelage of Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"She spent many summers selling her wares in Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Sylvia got into a railway crash in 1933, causing her to go blind until her her…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… or big hitters and would be offered a regular summer job in the town as well as money to play on the ball team."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"The offer was intriguing and the first summer 80 people-- schoolteachers, carpenters, sawyers, clam diggers, children, architects and retirees--came…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Columbian Hotel on Front Street between Elm and Summer Streets. In short order, Galen Moses replaced those buildings with the Columbia Theatre and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family remained in Falmouth."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… that it “will mark a new era in the history of summer vaudeville entertainment.” This noble attempt to revive the park, however, was destined to…"

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

"… keep a large garden and spend time during the summer canning, freezing, and storing their harvest."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… plow and to assist in clearing the land the next summer. A 30' x 40' stable was built behind the Capitol, and an apple orchard was established just…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Attendance peaked at 12,000 during some summer weekends. With the beginning of World War I and the new found interest in automobiles people started…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… from GSA contributed the exhibits on Blue Hill's summer colony, its history as a center of music education and performance, and its history as a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… 30 sheep and he bought a herd of cattle every summer. He also sold his meat and hides to people in the town."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… relieved when the family arrived the following summer. The next significant event that occurred in this area we call Skowhegan was the great…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By the summer of 2000, the Skyline Farm organization and the Sowles family arranged a purchase with a conservation easement through the Royal River…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Yet its greatest hardship would come in the late summer when British troops, victorious over the 10th Militia Division of Massachusetts in a rout in…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Winter or Summer you can always enjoy the view. The covered bridge was built for the first time in 1830."