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Securing the Memory of a Maine Legend

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Miss Crosby is recognized in various museums across Maine including the Maine State Museum (Augusta), The Maine Women's Hall of Fame at Colby College (Waterville), and the Phillips Historical Society Museum (Phillips).  There is more about her in the resources below.

In the Media

VIDEOs and Podcasts on line

A 3-minute video summary

On YouTube, from the Maine Historical Society

NEWS STORY FROM WABI-TV, BANGOR, MARCH 31, 2025

Part 1 of Sierra Whaley's in-depth report on Cornelia Crosby

NEWS Story FROM WABI-TV, BANGOR, March 31, 2025

Part 2 of Sierra Whaley's report

Flyline Podcast, March 10, 2026

Friends of Fly Rod Crosby, “A Monument to Maine’s Guiding Heritage”

WABI-TV This Day in History, March 19, 2026

The first person awarded a license as a Maine Guide

INTERNET RESOURCES

From Maine Guides Online

History of the Maine Guide: Fly Rod Crosby

From New ENgland Historical Society

Cornelia Fly Rod Crosby, the First Maine Guide

From Maine, An Encyclopedia

Crosby, Cornelia

From American Museum of Fly Fishing

Cornelia Thurza Crosby (1854-1946)

From the Phillips Historical Society Museum

web site for Miss Crosby's home town museum

From the Maine Memory Network

"Fly Rod" Crosby

From Augusta, Maine - A Capital Happening

Facebook post

https://www.facebook.com/Iloveaugustamaine/posts/pfbid0Bq3D5TWFM7fGS5WwcNPccm3XWLSfKCivtHUvf5T9owK5ZSzJkVPTqDUjqwCYFPXXl

From Maine Public

How Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby became a legendary outdoorswoman and the first Maine Registered Guide

https://www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-calling/2023-03-20/how-cornelia-fly-rod-crosby-became-a-legendary-outdoorswoman-and-the-first-maine-registered-guide

From Newscenter Maine

Facebook post

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=26758016363785270&id=100000108077408&rdid=HqgqpXVg6vYGYgXX#

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Books

Fly Rod Crosby, the Woman Who Marketed Maine

cover of Hunter, Shettleworth book

by Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.


currently out of print until September 2026, possibly available at Thriftbooks or check your local library

FISHERWOMEN: WOMEN'S CHRONICLES OF THE ART OF FISHING

compiled by Sports She Wrote


available at Amazon.com

Maine's Remarkable Women

by Kate Kennedy


available at Amazon.com

CORNELIA "FLY ROD" CROSBY, CHAMPION OF MAINE

by Pam Matthews (for children)

 

possibly available atAmazon.com or at Thriftbooks

FLY ROD WAS FIRST: CORNELIA CROSBY'S ADVENTURES IN ANGLING

FLY ROD WAS FIRST: CORNELIA CROSBY'S ADVENTURES IN ANGLING

by Cathy Ballou Mealey (for children)


available at Amazon.com

 reviewed at CannonBallRead,com

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