Maine Memory Network

Fort Williams Theatre, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1940

Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: circa 1940 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Dickey Hall, Fort Kent, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: circa 1960 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

A Soldier's Declaration of Independence

William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.

Big Timber: the Mast Trade

Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Johnson Hall in New York and even further west at Fort Niagara. The fundamental treaty that made fixing the international border such a long and…"

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.