Maine Memory Network

Telegraph on Shepley conduct, Washington, 1864

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

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Amarpreet and Hermeet Kohli, Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: 2017 Location: Portland Media: Digital

The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818

The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.

State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there would be fewer jobs and workers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"The construction and renovation of the proposed buildings for the Normal School commenced in early 1864, but the facilities were not quite ready for…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.