Speakers and Programs

 

Unless indicated otherwise:

Speaker programs are at 7:00 pm
at the
Milbridge Museum and Historical Society

83 Main Street, Milbridge.

Refreshments to follow. All programs are free and open to the public.

 

2011 Programs

 

April 5 Narraguagus High School Chorus and Ice Cream Social at Milbridge Congregational Church on Bridge Street
June 14 "Cranberries" presented by Bobby Hammond
July 12 "Alpacas Downeast" presented by Gail Moorhouse
August 9 "The Pinkham Boys and Other Downeast Stories" presented by Rodney Harrington, annual meeting and potluck supper (location TBD)
September 13 "Creating the Easternmost Marine Research Laboratory and Education Center in the U.S." presented by Dr. Brian Beal
October 11 "Old Houses of Milbridge" presented by Tom Gillen and Lee-lee Schlegel of the Milbridge Historical Society
   
   

Previous Programs

Extreme Makeover Home edition comes to Milbridge.View photos of the home here.

Voyage to the bottom of the sea! . . . . Well almost .

July 2007 Antiques Appraisal with Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

The year without a summer (The summer of 1816)

Salmon Fishing

Pond Island History

40 Years of Lobstering

Burnham Tavern and the Revolutionary War Downeast

Record Crowd Hears about Nash Island, Jenny Cirone

Ruggles House -- "One of the finest examples in New England...of a small federal period home"

From Boom to Bust -- the Harvest of Urchins in Maine

Tasty Cheese, and Soap, From Goat's Milk

Mining in Downeast Maine

Multipurpose Recreational Complex Coming to the County

Fiberglass Boat Building

The Ugliest Things You Ever Laid Your Eyes On

The Base Line

A Career in the C.I.A.

Washington County's Cranberry Industry

Dairy Farming in Washington County

Milbridge Founding Families

McClellan Park

Mills and Dams of the Narraguagus

History in Post Cards

Farming the Salt Marsh with Dikes

Shirley Kennedy Tells Historians About Barrel Racing

"A Good-Sized Small Winery"

Historians Relive Era of Stacy’s Country Jamboree