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Moving Image		Two Points of View-Baxter & Wyman MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:56 There were far-thinking people in Maine, such as Walter Wyman and former governor Percival Baxter, who saw that the generation of electrical power could in fact make Maine a stronger, better place. (Relevance: 483) Find Similar Resources	Hydroelectric power plants Rivers Water Power

Text		Court case regarding obstruction of river Maine State Archives, Text Court case Crocker vs. Ellis et al regarding a dam across the Machias River preventing the passage of logs. (Relevance: 475) Find Similar Resources	Dams Environment: Fur trade, survival, industrial development, forest, conservation Forests/Forestry Judicial proceedings Waterways Lumbering

Sound		Interview with Earl Bonness Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Earl Bonness about his experiences as a river driver on the Machias River, conducted by Edward D. Ives. In the selection, Bonness describes the death of his brother-in-law, who drowned during an attempt to pick, or free up, a pile of logs jammed in the river. (Relevance: 473) Find Similar Resources	Log driving Lumbering Lumbering Lumbering accidents Rivers

Still Image		Western Avenue, Augusta, Me. Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Western Avenue, Augusta, Me." View of group of people waiting to board streetcar on residential street. Streetcars were an important means of local transportation before automobiles became common. (Relevance: 465) Find Similar Resources	Electric railroads Cars Local transit Transportation

Sound		Interview with Irving Bangs Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Irving Bangs about his experience working in the woods along the Machias River, conducted by Edward D. Ives. In the selection, Bangs talks about the difference between earlier loggers, who he sees as conservationists, and the modern practices of clear-cutting. (Relevance: 457) Find Similar Resources	Clearcutting Environmentalism Forests/Forestry Lumbering Lumbering

Text		April 8, 1808 letter from Charles Vaughan to the Kennebec Proprietors Maine Historical Society, Text Letter from Charles Vaughan to the Kennebec Proprietors written from Hallowell, Maine on April 8, 1808. (Relevance: 416) Find Similar Resources	Childs, Enoch Kennebec Patent -- Letters Land grants -- Maine Land owners -- Maine Letters Manuscripts Vaughan, Charles

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: 412) Find Similar Resources	Penobscot Expedition, 1779 History - Revolutionary War United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Still Image		Moose lottery, Augusta, 1982 Maine Historical Society, Still Image A large crowd was on hand to watch the second drawing of the Maine moose lottery in Augusta on May 19, 1982. Outdoor writer Bud Leavitt, at mike, read off the winners' names as Arnold Clay got the ticket holders' cards from Amy Winterbottom, 8, of Wayne, who was digging down deep in the large drum. (Relevance: 385) Find Similar Resources	Authors, Maine Clay, Arnold Clay, Arnold -- Photographs Hunting -- Maine Leavitt, Bud Leavitt, Ralph, 1917-1994 -- Photographs Lotteries -- Maine -- Augusta Maine Moose Lottery Moose -- Maine Winterbottom, Amy Winterbottom, Amy -- Photographs

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: 376) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

Text		My Debt to Maine by Theodore Roosevelt Maine Historical Society, Text Theodore Roosevelt describes his visits to Island Falls, Maine in Aroostook County when he was a boy and the Sewall family with whom he stayed. The essay goes on to describe his home, the Elkhorn, where he invited the Sewalls and the Dows of Island Falls to visit and hunt with him. (Relevance: 344) Find Similar Resources	Dow family (Island Falls, Me.) Dow, Wilmot Elkhorn (house) Hunting -- Maine -- Island Falls Katahdin (Mt.) Lumbering industry -- Maine Manuscripts Presidents -- United States -- Personal narratives Roosevelt, Theodore Sewall family (Island Falls, Me.) Sewall, Bill Sewall, Dave Showshoeing Winter -- Maine -- Island Falls Winter camping

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