Keywords: New England Express Company
Item 27191
Studley's Window, Thomaston, 1934
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 103739
Fire on Hobson's Wharf, Portland, 1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… documents European settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before and during…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4
"Workers from Europe, especially Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.
