Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47

"Leavitt Hiram Mills George, Isaiah Stetson Proposal for dam Theodore Brown 1866 election results John A. Peters Judge Hathaway Capt."

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

"The proposal did not pass. In 1928, the Village Improvement Society proposed to create a park that would stretch from Main Street to the harbor."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"A State highway construction plan proposed widening Water Street to a four-lane highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"In 1815 there was a proposal made to the Maine Literary and Theological Institution offering Bloomfield, now Skowhegan, as the site of a new college…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… in the state's legislature with several failed proposals, but finally the plan was pushed through. W.W. Thomas, Jr."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"His proposed border would have limited Maine’s access to rich forests north of the St. John River, and state interests mobilized, especially in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"In the 1960s an urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area."

Turner Museum and Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… life and give my children a thorough history I propose to give an outline of Rufus Prince's brick dwelling on the next page although it is a very…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"The Commissioners received viable proposals from Paris Academy, Gorham Seminary, Farmington Academy, and Litchfield Academy."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… provided renderings to help clients envision proposed houses and buildings. These artistic perspective drawings differ from the sets of working…"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"Dummer. In 1872 the corporation accepted the proposals. The school opened for the reception of pupils January 20, 1875."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"Imperial agents, meanwhile, proposed entirely new colonies, advocating the creation of the Province of Sagadahoc in the 1730s and the colony of New…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… land either by choice or eminent domain, the proposed railway running through the General Knox Estate."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Reportedly the marsh was even proposed as a possible site for the town dump. The delicate ecosystem of the marsh had already been threatened by…"

John Bapst Memorial High School

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"17, 1913, comparing the proposals submitted by Metcalf & Eddy and E. Worthington, C.E. of Dedham. Massachusetts."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… on September 14, 1901 described Chisholm’s proposed construction of Strathglass Park, a group of brick homes for the workers of the area."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"In 1853 the White Mountain guide Joseph A. Hall proposed to Abner Lowell, a Portland jeweler and mountain enthusiast, a plan for a carriage road to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… about where the border should run as it shows proposed borders by the British, US, and a neutral arbiter in 1831 as well as the final line of 1842…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… to remove poles and wires along the corridor, proposing that many lines be put underground and where necessary, concentrating all lines on one…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"A.C. Dummer proposed an Industrial School for Girls, which was founded in 1874. Its objective was to provide safe housing and a moral, social and…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"As a native he proposed extension of the trail’s terminus into Maine. David Field of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club wrote that “Avery also was very…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… the expectations were, the integral parts of the proposed site, and how to make it all happen, as well as enjoying the chance to meet the…"