Maine Memory Network

King's Highway mile marker B 135, Cumberland, 1975

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

King's Highway marker, Cumberland, 2004

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 2004 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Pike Farmhouse Measured for Neal W. Allen, Sebago, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Sebago Client: Neal W. Allen Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Measuring Rock The Measuring Rock Story In 1776, at the encouragement of Thomas Wilson, Stephen Titcomb and four other residents of Topsham, Maine…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

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

A story about my father and our family.

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life