Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… triangular “heater” intersection where Route 9 crosses Greely Road. The heater is so called after a certain style of old clothes iron which had a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Harbor Main Street in the 20th century Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947Northeast Harbor Library By 1910…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… and the Sagadahoc Bridge now acts as the way to cross the Kennebec River by car, foot, or bicycle."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"X The last big change in crossing the Kennebec River happened in 2000 with the opening of the Sagadahoc Bridge, which was built to end the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and crossing on Market Street." He drew the house as it looked before Samuel Veazie added a shed and…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe was just 18. Sanford is buried in the Cross Road cemetery, next to Phebe’s parents. There is no record of Leila’s passing, other than the Surry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where the river trends westward. Early roads were little more than footpaths."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… River, exploring upriver where he erected a cross on the shore in “ that part of the riuer which trended Westward into the maine.” During the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing the Prestile Stream Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Cross Center In 2013, the 1955 auditorium was officially replaced with the modern 65-million-dollar Cross Insurance Center that is now home to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… and Irish folks in the Spruce Street/Knox Street Penobscot Street areas had the Pettengill School."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle the area known as Upsala. The population in 1890 was 66, by 1900 it was 191."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington was much more convenient than having no…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The flames however crossed Main Street and took the Baptist Church, stayed on the west side and took the Congregational Church, and again jumped the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… as they sang "In the Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross." After the chilly morning service, everyone walked down to the social building on Main…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… there were no bridges, brooks and rivers were crossed at wading places or by ferry. By 1653, the King’s Highway reached from Portland to Kittery…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… flat bottom boat with some Canadian workers to cross the choppy waters towards the Lubec landing. But the dory, following, lost power."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… whether the bridge was ever repaired, or if the crossing remained without a bridge from 1926 until 1953."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… object and then put smaller lengths of wood crossing the mast to hold up the massive sails which were called booms."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… in the village and built the first bridge that crossed the Sandy River. The bridge was made of wood and lasted 11 years before being washed away."