The Historical Society, working with our partners at the Blue Hill Public Library and the Jonathan Fisher Memorial, along with students from the George Stevens Academy, the Blue Hill Consolidated School, and The Bay School, has just completed work on a new website that provides an in-depth look at Blue Hill's history and includes on-line exhibits on such issues as Shipbuilding and Seafaring, the Blue Hill Fair, Jonathan Fisher, the Summer Colony, and Blue Hill's rich musical and education traditions. The website was made possible with support from the Maine Historical Society. The new website was unveiled at a celebration event at the Consolidated School on May 26. You can check out the website here: http://bluehill.mainememory.net

Community Event at the Consolidated School Celebrating the Completion of the Blue Hill history website (click image for larger version)

Upcoming Events

Kevin Johnson, curator of photographs at the Penobscot Marine Museum, giving a talk at the Carriage House on June 22 on picture postcards of Blue Hill published by the Belfast-based Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company in the early Twentieth Century.

Author and architect Christopher Glass giving a talk on Maine's historic homes and architectural styles at the Carriage House on June 29.

Vice-President Court Haight talking with visitors to the Historical Society's table at the Heritage Trust's Mountain Day fair on August 8. The Society's table displayed images of the Mountain from circa 1880 until the present, demonstrating the evolution of land use and tree cover over the period.