Maine Memory Network

Orange Frost Small, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Media: Tintype

Orange Frost Small and hardware store, Greenwich Village, New York, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: New York Media: photographic print; ink on paper; graphite on paper

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Buckfield Library, Buckfield, 1900-1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1906 Location: Buckfield Client: John D. Long Architect: John Calvin Stevens

The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"A small group of dedicated volunteers and professionals was formed, who could bring an array of different backgrounds and specialties to the project."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"While the region retains its rural small-town nature, inhabitants can much more easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south."

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker

Vignettes from Downeast Maine