Maine Memory Network

Covered bridge, Machias, 1932

Contributed by: Porter Memorial Library Date: 1932 Location: Machias Media: Photographic print

East Machias, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849 Location: Machias Media: Photographic print

University of Maine at Machias, Machias, 1987

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1987 Location: Machias Client: University of Maine, Machias Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Monkhouse residence, Machiasport, 2002-2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2002–2013 Location: Machiasport Client: Christoper P. Monkhouse Architect: CES, Inc.; William McHenry, Architect

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775

At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.

Porter Memorial Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… Neptune worked helping the American colonists in Machias during the American Revolutionary War but died during period around 1780."

From Istanbul to Machias
by Zeynep Turk

Zeynep Turk talks about moving from Istanbul, Turkey to Machias, Maine for school.

Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker

Vignettes from Downeast Maine