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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: 334) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

Text		The Widower King Fogler Special Collections, Text Story, "The Widower King," told by Clara Neptune to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. (Relevance: 296) Find Similar Resources	Legends Native Americans Penobscot Indian Nation Penobscot Tribe Tales

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: 294) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Text		John Dunn's Moosehead Lake 1889 diary Maine Historical Society, Text This is a diary kept by John W.G. Dunn about his hunting and fishing trip in the Moosehead Lake area from August through September 1889. His guides were Henry Tremblay and John F. Hildreth. (Relevance: 239) Find Similar Resources	Dunn, John W.G. Dunn, John W.G.(1869-1941) -- Diaries Fishing -- Maine -- Diaries Hildreth, John F. Hunting -- Maine -- Diaries Manuscripts Moosehead Lake (Me.) -- Diaries Tremblay Henry

Sound		Interview with Captain Frank Delano Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Captain Frank Delano of Bucksport, Maine. In the selection, he discusses his experience as a fisherman on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland in the early 1900s (1917). Especially interesting for the description of food eaten by the men while on board the Banks fishing vessels. (Relevance: 225) Find Similar Resources	Fishers Fishing Fishing/Fisherman Saltwater fishing

Text		Days Worked and Fish Caught by Walter Arnold Fogler Special Collections, Text Sheet of records of number of days worked and fish caught for years between 1915 and 1934, compiled by Walter Arnold, a registered Maine guide and trapper. (Relevance: 214) Find Similar Resources	Fishers Fishing Fishing guides Fishing/Fisherman

Text		Journal of a Voyage from Cutler, Maine, to Grand Manan Bank Fogler Special Collections, Text Page from "Journal of a Voyage from Cutler [Me] to Grand Manan Bank in the Fishing Schooner Vigilant. . ." Journal writer includes notes on the weather, the number of fish caught each day by each man. (Relevance: 212) Find Similar Resources	Fishers Fishing Fishing/Fisherman Quality of work life Saltwater fishing

Still Image		Fishing off of Hog Island Maine Folklife Center, Still Image Two photographs of men fishing off the coast of Hog Island. They appear to be scooping fish from a holding area of some kind into a boat for transport. (Relevance: 209) Find Similar Resources	Fishers Fishing Fishing/Fisherman

Moving Image		Winter MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43 For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't. (Relevance: 202) Find Similar Resources	Winter -- New England Ecology/Energy Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England

Still Image		Fishing fleet, Eastport, Maine Maine Historical Society, Still Image Fred G. Milliken, photographer and writer for the Atlantic Fisherman magazine wrote, "Part of big fishing fleet at Frontier operated in Passamaquoddy Bay and almost daily in Eastport Harbor. But only during the sardine season. Most of these large boats now moored. Majority in photograph are Canadian owned." This is part of the Atlantic Fisherman collection. The magazine was concerned with commercial fishing in New England and was published in Goffstown, New Hampshire from 1919-1954. (Relevance: 193) Find Similar Resources	Eastport (Me.) -- Photographs Fishing boats -- Maine -- Eastport Fishing industry -- Maine -- Passamaquoddy Bay -- Photographs Sardine fishing -- Maine

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