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Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 3943) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

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: 2311) Find Similar Resources	Recreation/Tourism Tourism -- Maine -- History

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: 1665) Find Similar Resources	Climatic changes Ecology/Energy

Artifact		Matchlock Musket Maine State Museum, Artifact Full stock is pinned to octagon barrel. Half-band serves as forward ramrod pipe. Decorative stampings or incised lines or grooves found on half-band; forward and rear extremities of lockplate; upper and lower extremities of serpentine; pan and pan cover; and tang screw. Compares closely with matchlock musket in collection of the Pilgrim Memorial Hall in Plymouth, MA, which is also illustrated on p. 15 of Harold Peterson's Arms & Armour of the Pilgrims. CONDITION: wood replaced at toe of buttstock and ca. 9-12" at tip of forend and along rear of ramrod channel. Ramrod is of recent origin. Lock screws and buttplate screws are recent. Pivot point in serpentine actuating linkage is replacement. Tickler bar, vent pick and chain were fabricated and added at MSM. (Relevance: 1621) Find Similar Resources	Early Settlement Materials Firearms

Still Image		S. S. Merryconeac landing at Pier Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "S. S. Merryconeac landing at Pier, Peak's Island, Me." View of pier, men and women disembarking from steamer. This vessel that catered to the tourist trade and people taking day trips to this island near Portland, as can be seen from the number and behavior of the people in the picture. (Relevance: 1610) Find Similar Resources	Maritime/Waterfront Recreation/Tourism Steamboats Tourism Transportation

Moving Image		Bioinvasion MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03 As human activity silently globalizes our world, our modern day ecology is under onslaught from spreading alien organisms. These plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. Can scientists help us win the war against this bio-invasion? (Relevance: 1441) Find Similar Resources	Invasive species Ecology

Moving Image		They Came By Sea MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01 Europeans arrived here by sea, attracted by the region's phenomenal fisheries and the natural resources visible on the coast. At first, they weren't interested in establishing permanent settlements but, as an appreciation for the economic value of Maine's natural resources grew, colonial settlement began. Today, Maine continues to rely on the economic advantages available through the natural resources of the coast. (Relevance: 1295) Find Similar Resources	Fishing/Fisherman History - Colonial Period

Text		Entries from the log book of the Schooner Emerald, 1859 Maine Historical Society, Text Captain Parsons, of Biddeford, Maine, kept this journal recording the 1859 fishing season for the schooner Emerald. The Emerald sailed out of Wood Island Harbor in Biddeford, fishing for cod and other groundfish. The journal details the day-to-day activiities of the vessel, including the landing and dressing of fish, the need to repair nets and gear, and sightings of sharks and whales. (Relevance: 1248) Find Similar Resources	Emerald (Ship) Log books -- 19th century -- United States -- Maine Log Books -- Maine Manuscripts Parsons Schooners Ships logs

Moving Image		A Part of the Main MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:01 As Europeans began to look seriously towards Maine as a desirable economic region, there were many debates about who owned or controlled the varied and plentiful natural resources, especially timber. In the mid-1800’s, the timber harvest from the communities in the far north woods traveled via the river communities to the prosperous coast where the wealth of natural resources set sail for the world beyond. Today, these distinct regions remain intact, each with a different story to tell about how history has played itself out since that time. (Relevance: 1234) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Settlements Lumbering Shipping/Shipbuilding

Moving Image		People of the dawn MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37 The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine. (Relevance: 1147) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Canoes and canoeing Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

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