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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: 4127) Find Similar Resources	Transportation Railroads

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: 2955) Find Similar Resources	Winter -- New England Ecology/Energy Seasons -- New England Natural history -- New England

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: 1523) Find Similar Resources	Recreation/Tourism Tourism -- Maine -- History

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: 1209) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

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: 1132) Find Similar Resources	Maine heritage European settlement History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		Bodies In Motion: The Biomechanics of Sports MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:54:36 Using athletics, QUEST takes a fresh look at the way our bodies move. Bridging the gap between research and the playing field, coaches, trainers and athletes themselves discover how to optimize performance and what to do when injury causes that performance to fail. (Relevance: 1077) Find Similar Resources	Biomechanics Sports -- Physiological aspects Human mechanics Human locomotion

Map		Map of Northern Maine Hunting and Fishing Regions Fogler Special Collections, Map Map of Northern Maine Hunting and Fishing Region reached by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. This map shows the areas of Maine served by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line, and demonstrates the way that tourism influenced and aided the development of railroad lines in Maine. (Relevance: 823) Find Similar Resources	Outdoor recreation Railroads Recreation/Tourism Tourism Transportation

Text		Edwin H. Eddy's recollection of his visit to a logging camp, 1880 Maine Historical Society, Text Recollections of Edwin H. Eddy's visit to a logging camp near Moosehead Lake in 1880. (Relevance: 823) Find Similar Resources	Cutler, Thatcher & Company Eddy, Edwin H. Eddy, Edwin H. -- Personal narratives Eddy, Johnathan Lumber trade -- Maine Lumbering -- Maine Lumbermen -- Maine Manuscripts Moosehead Lake -- History

Still Image		Section of Roadbed, Bangor and Aroostook Railway Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Photograph captioned: "A section of the road bed from archway north to the trestle." Group of workmen posed on railroad tracks during the construction of a part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. (Relevance: 719) Find Similar Resources	Railroads Railroads Railroads design and construction Transportation

Sound		Interview with Earl Dow Fogler Special Collections, Sound Selection from an interview with Earl Dow of Fort Fairfield, Maine, in which he describes his experiences working for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Notice particularly his description of shovelling trains out of deep snow after a major snowstorm, and his description of how potatoes were shipped in the days before refrigerated railroad cars, when one man had to ride in the specially lined car and keep fires going to keep the potatoes from freezing. (Relevance: 657) Find Similar Resources	Potatoes Handling Railroads Railroads Transportation

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