Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Travel around the island was by water or rickety “buckboard” carriages on rough, bumpy, steep buckboard roads."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through Europe, and open his own landscape architecture business."

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

"… road into Asticou and Northeast Harbor, Charles travelled to New York City in the night to meet with JDR, Jr., convincing him to purchase the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Thunder, loved Bar Harbor and spent many years traveling there seasonally and camping on the island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Bringing Back Train Travel To The U.S.. 19 July 2009. The Good Human. 14 Apr. 2011 <http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/07/19/bringing-back-t...>."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"When they traveled to England to visit relatives they were introduced to members of the original Blue Stocking Club, a distinguished literary circle…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… informed George Washington that the only way to travel on the Kennebec was in bateaux, or long, thin boats that you move by pushing long poles…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to Hampden, an alternative means of transportation became available in 1897."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Adelaide Pearson, social worker, musician, world traveler, author, lecturer and founder of Blue Hill’s Rowantree Pottery."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… married in Bangor in September 1859, the couple traveled by canoe to Lincoln. They soon built a house on Mattanawcook Island, which is on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"It travels from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia, Canada. Bridges now allow us to go over bodies of water that we would never be able to cross before."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… to get a higher education, or they would have to travel miles to get to school. These are just a few ways I can relate the Mattanawcook Academy to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages. In the 1900s, two new stories of wood and two new stories of bricks were constructed to house…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… had moved west yet and many people had died while traveling west. Some of the things Ira might of been afraid of for Jacob were animals, outlaws…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… Scarborough Middle School students invite you to travel back in time to witness the evolution of a variety of things found in any Scarborough…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"In the heyday of the trolley, one could travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… around the local churches or at intersections of travel lanes, where inland roads met stagecoach routes."

Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"His father traveled to the Western Plains to recover his son’s body, but the body was never found. James's parents are buried in Strong, and an…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… walking on the road, he would be asked why he was traveling on the Sabbath. He was said to be a good employee, but he supposedly acted quite…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… in the early 1900s, farm children continued to travel to school by horse for many more years, but as prices for cars became more reasonable, livery…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel. Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… up along Route 2, welcoming the tourists that travel through to the ponds, lakes, golf courses, and ski areas, to enjoy the four seasons of…"