Maine Memory Network

Recommendation of soldier, Mattawamkeag, 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-12-22 Location: Mattawamkeag Media: Ink on paper

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W.B. Adams on loss of confidence in Lincoln, Washington, D.C., 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Washington; Casco Media: Ink on paper

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The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels

Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.

Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary of War Rockport, Me."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… other islanders and just as they gave each other a helping hand when exposed to danger they also found happiness and confidence in each other."

My Life in Boxing
by Bob Russo

Bob Russo on boxing and his life in Portland

Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.