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Still Image		Hydro Electric Power House Showing Leonard Lake and Dam. Ellsworth, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Hydro Electric Power House Showing Leonard Lake and Dam. Ellsworth, Maine." The location of this power plant indicates that it is generating electricity through water power. This indicates one aspect of the importance of water power to Maine's economic development. (Relevance: 5945) Find Similar Resources	Dams Ecology/Energy Electricity Industrialization Waterways

Moving Image		Trails, Rails, and Roads MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 The story of transportation in Maine is the story of the state's ongoing challenge to keep its people connected both to economic markets and to each other. Whether it's Route 113 in western Maine, US Route 1 meandering up the coast, or the once plentiful rail routes that joined every corner of the state, Maine's communities have been formed by the patterns of transportation. (Relevance: 4232) Find Similar Resources	Transportation Railroads

Moving Image		The Frontier Wars MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans. (Relevance: 2742) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Land Disputes Native Americans History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		The Nation's Playground MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 With its remarkable coastline, deep-green forest, and rolling landscape, Maine has been a favorite place for visitors for over a century. During the late 1800s, trains and steamboats brought visitors to every corner of the state. Over the last century, tourism has grown into Maine’s largest industry. (Relevance: 1946) Find Similar Resources	Recreation/Tourism Tourism -- Maine -- History

Moving Image		A Place Apart MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Maine is a place apart from the mainstream of American society. Beginning early in Maine’s history, settlers, merchants, visitors, artists, and writers brought images of Maine to the rest of the world that shaped the State's economy, identity, and heritage. The history behind the image of Maine remains a vital part of how we and those from away view Maine today. (Relevance: 1736) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		The Penobscot Expedition and the Revolution MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 The Penobscot disaster is usually regarded as the worst American Naval disaster with the exception of Pearl Harbor. An accidental archeological discovery in the Penobscot River sheds new light on the desperate last moments of the worst defeat of the American Revolution. (Relevance: 1516) Find Similar Resources	Penobscot Expedition, 1779 History - Revolutionary War United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Text		History of Penobscot Indians Fogler Special Collections, Text Account of the "History of Penobscot Indians" by Florence Nicola Shay (Relevance: 1475) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans -- History Penobscot Indian Nation Penobscot Tribe

Moving Image		Climate Change: In Our Backyard MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45 Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate. (Relevance: 1386) Find Similar Resources	Climatic changes Ecology/Energy

Text		Railroad surveyors, Timekeeper's Record Book Fogler Special Collections, Text A timekeeper's record book. Records the days and hours worked by a group of men surveying a prospective railroad line near Castine, Maine. Includes months of June-Nov. 1886 and May-Sept. 1887. (Relevance: 1361) Find Similar Resources	Hours of Labor Railroads Railroads Surveyors Wages

Text		Petition and map for a road in Surry Maine State Archives, Text Map and Petition on the hardships of not having a direct road to Patten's Bay. (Relevance: 1213) Find Similar Resources	Geography: transportation, waterways, maritime, shipbuilding, fishing Maps Roads

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