Maine Memory Network

Map of Cornwall, ca. 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1823 Location: Cornwall ; Cornwall Island Media: Ink on paper

Map detail for portions of Cornwall and Bug Islands, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Cornwall Island ; St. Regis Island Media: Graphite on paper

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"He arrived in America in 1872 and worked in the quarry on Dix Island, in Penobscot Bay, off Rockland He was thought to have come to Hallowell with…"