Originally founded as Houlton Academy in 1848, the school was renamed the Ricker Classical Institute in 1887. It was a secondary school until 1934 when it added a 6th year and became Ricker Junior College. In 1949, it became a 4-year liberal arts college until it closed in 1978
Description: Originally founded as Houlton Academy in 1848, the school was renamed the Ricker Classical Institute in 1887. It was a secondary school until 1934 when it added a 6th year and became Ricker Junior College. In 1949, it became a 4-year liberal arts college until it closed in 1978
Description: Nellie was sentimental about her life. The title for this photograph included a reference to her other cat, "Moses wants his picture too."
Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton, who grew up at The Mountain House, in Southwest Harbor, without running water and the other modern comforts of the early 1900s was immensely proud of hers and Seth’s house in Houlton. She took many photographs of her family and friends on its porches and front steps and a few inside. Her family took pictures at the house too.
Description: Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton, who grew up at The Mountain House, in Southwest Harbor, without running water and the other modern comforts of the early 1900s was immensely proud of hers and Seth’s house in Houlton. She took many photographs of her family and friends on its porches and front steps and a few inside. Her family took pictures at the house too.
Nellie was a "literary lady" and carefully added titles to almost all of the photographs she put in her albums. This one was titled, "The Lady of the House," a reference to the pride she felt in this station.
Description: Nellie was a "literary lady" and carefully added titles to almost all of the photographs she put in her albums. This one was titled, "The Lady of the House," a reference to the pride she felt in this station.
Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here and "from away" for her complete and detailed record of the history of the people and places in the town of her birth.
Description: Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here and "from away" for her complete and detailed record of the history of the people and places in the town of her birth.