Maine History Told by Mainers

Learn about Maine history from the experts - the Mainers who experienced it.

Find out how things have changed, what it was like in Maine during some of the important historical events of the last century, and more.

Do you have a story to tell? Share your memories of growing up in Maine, your family history in Maine, or a story of how Maine has changed over the years. Be a part of the online Maine community and help others learn about "real" Maine history! Submit your story!

Current Topics

Summer Fun

Blueberry pie, picnics, swimming, fishing... How did you spend your summers in Maine as a child? Submit your story

• Blueberry Picking [March 20, 2008]
• My Life in Maine [March 19, 2008]
• Lowe's Augusta Drive-In Theatre [January 24, 2008]
• Summertime on the Coast of Maine [January 1, 2008]
• Summer in Windham [October 29, 2007]
• The Out-of-Staters [October 17, 2007]
• The Old Swimming Hole [October 15, 2007]
• The House Fire [August 29, 2007]
• Cowboy Coffee [June 20, 2007]
• The Fishing Pole [May 29, 2007]
• The Dead Man [May 20, 2007]
• The Loon [January 24, 2007]
• Foster Island [November 24, 2006]
• Millinocket Summers [November 21, 2006]
• Pemaquid Beach [November 20, 2006]
• Summers at Seboomook [October 30, 2006]
• Summer Fun in Gardiner [June 5, 2006]
• Boat Ride on a Stormy Day - 1973 [May 10, 2006]
• Gold Rush of Ogunquit Beach [May 1, 2006]
• Summer Fun in Windham in 50s and 60s [April 16, 2006]
• Summer 1968, South Addison [April 12, 2006]
• Summer Job Bean Picking in 1950s [December 16, 2005]
• Favorite Summer in Caribou [December 8, 2005]
• Childhood Summers in Augusta [August 19, 2005]
• Summer Days at Ward Pond, Sidney [June 29, 2005]
• Summers in Yarmouth [May 21, 2005]
• A Mainer at Heart [February 9, 2005]
• Summer 1901 at Cobbosseeconte Pond [December 10, 2004]
• Summers at Hancock Pond [November 16, 2004]
• Summers in the 1950's, Belgrade [October 28, 2004]
• Summers in Washburn, 1960s/70s [October 14, 2004]
• Mid-Coast Maine Summers [July 9, 2004]
• Summer on Litchfield Farm [June 3, 2004]
• 4th of July in Jonesport [November 6, 2003]
• Clifton in 1946 [September 5, 2003]
• Summer Fun, Summer Not... [May 26, 2003]
• Swimming [May 19, 2003]
• Moose Head Lake [February 25, 2003]
• Summers in Old Town [February 16, 2003]
• Fishing & Horse-shoe Crabs [October 23, 2002]
• Summer Memories [September 3, 2002]
• Summer on the Farm [September 1, 2002]
• Childhood Summer in Maine []

Winter Wonderland

The big blizzard, staying warm, playing in the snow, ice skating... What was winter like when you grew up in Maine? Submit your story

• The Toboggan [May 31, 2007]
• Dairy of a Storm [January 23, 2007]
• Ice Storm of 1998 [February 23, 2006]
• Winter in Aroostook County [December 5, 2005]
• Winter in Farmingdale in the 1950s [January 26, 2005]
• New Year's Blizzard, 1963, Dennysville [March 2, 2004]
• Ice Storm of 1998 [March 14, 2003]
• The Blizzard of '62 [December 28, 2002]

Maine Towns

How has your town changed over the years? Do you have any favorite memories of your town in the "old days"? What were your special places? Submit your story

• Growing up in Dover-Foxcroft [March 5, 2008]
• Aroostook County Memories [October 21, 2007]
• The Truck [October 19, 2007]
• The Poacher [May 28, 2007]
• Strawberry Jam [April 23, 2007]
• South China in the early 1960's [March 14, 2007]
• Bath, Buccaneer Drum and Bugle Core [February 28, 2007]
• Maine Potatoes [January 23, 2007]
• Abe Lincoln in Alfred [January 5, 2007]
• Hogtown [July 15, 2006]
• Blanchard in the 1960s [July 3, 2006]
• Five Islands in 1950s [June 25, 2006]
• Town Hall Dance Hall, East Machias, 1965 [June 11, 2006]
• Old Buildings in Woolwich [April 25, 2006]
• Growing Up in Augusta [October 24, 2005]
• Buckfield in the 1960s [September 6, 2005]
• Growing up in Meddybemps [March 21, 2005]
• Days Remembered (Kents Hill) [February 28, 2005]
• Bangor in the 1960s [January 12, 2005]
• Growing up in Rural Maine [November 4, 2004]
• Perham, Maine [October 31, 2004]
• Growing Up in Readfield [September 10, 2004]
• Falmouth Foreside & Matinicus [August 23, 2004]
• Summers in Falmouth [April 23, 2004]
• Dexter in the 1950s [February 25, 2004]
• Grandmother's House in Union [October 27, 2003]
• Living at Loring Air Force Base [March 11, 2003]
• Meddybemps, Maine [March 11, 2003]
• Growing Up in a Small Town [January 5, 2003]
• Parsonsfield Seminary [December 31, 2002]
• Growing Up in Sebec [October 22, 2002]
• Richmond [August 31, 2002]
• Memories of Sanford [August 14, 2002]

Wartime Experiences

World War II, the Korean War, Viet Nam, the Iraq War... Tell us about your experience during wartime, at home in Maine or in the service. How did "ordinary life" change during that time? Submit your story

• Beirut Veterans Of America [September 18, 2007]
• Womens Emergency Farm Service camp in Newport [June 29, 2007]
• A Soldier's Son, 1943 - Temple, Maine [April 20, 2006]
• In Portage during Pearl Harbor Attack [March 5, 2006]
• Brunswick During WWII [April 16, 2005]
• City Boy Working on a Farm, 1944 [September 1, 2003]
• Ready to Deploy [March 12, 2003]
• Plane Crash in South Portland, 1944 [March 10, 2003]

Family Histories

Have you researched your Maine ancestors? Submit a story about them or a brief summary of what you know about them. You might connect with a distant relative. Be sure to include the approximate dates and towns or county where they lived. Submit your story

• Aroostook County [October 19, 2007]
• The Manure Spreader [June 16, 2007]
• Uncle [June 11, 2007]
• Mother [May 30, 2007]
• The Wolf [May 29, 2007]
• Home Brew [April 30, 2007]
• Protocol of Potato Picking [April 22, 2007]
• The Tip [March 17, 2007]
• Maple Syrup in Ashland [January 21, 2007]
• Young Sea Adventure [November 8, 2006]
• Dryden in 50s and 60s; Weld in 30s [March 24, 2006]
• Buckfield in the '60's [November 13, 2005]
• Roberts Family of Monson & Perry Family History [October 24, 2005]
• Oliver Ancestry [June 17, 2005]
• Sampson Shore & His Shorey Descendants [May 4, 2005]
• Coming to Maine on the railroad - 1949 [March 10, 2005]
• Visions of the past by former Mainer George Cates [February 28, 2005]
• Memories of the 1930’s Great Depression [February 28, 2005]
• Silas Lawrence of Bucksport, Maine [February 19, 2005]
• Maj. James Warren [February 15, 2005]
• Buker Family [October 11, 2004]
• Fickett Family - Scarboro, Cape Elizabeth, North Milbridge [August 14, 2004]
• Story of Moir Farm, Allagash River [January 30, 2004]
• Bowen/Annis Families [January 2, 2004]
• Taking Frisky Home, 1970 [December 23, 2003]
• Thomas and Eli Towne, First Settlers of Dover, Maine [October 20, 2003]
• Joshua Blackwell, Revolutionary War Patriot [October 8, 2003]
• Parker, Bearse, Pierce, Higgins Families [October 7, 2003]
• Disabled Vet named Albert V. Roderique Jr. [September 28, 2003]
• David Demerchant, Buffalo/Portage Lake [May 12, 2003]
• Shorey's "History of the Maine Fifteenth" [May 10, 2003]
• Sur les Plains, Waterville [April 27, 2003]
• Captain James Harding [March 18, 2003]
• Cyrus Lewis Howard [February 4, 2003]
• The Kimballs of Gardiner [December 28, 2002]
• Mary W. (Lovejoy)Cotton [July 23, 2002]
• 1836 Diary from Augusta [July 18, 2002]