Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… avoided the confines of indoor work, but Theodore Bear Mitchell spent many summers working at the Malvern Hotel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too often came in the form of long casualty lists in the newspaper."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"More than 100 men showed up for the first town meeting. In May of 1795, the Town of Eden separated from Mt. Desert, giving the Island two towns."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of Bear Island. Their children, including son John II in 1801, were born in Northeast Harbor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… of the islets on the Northern side of Swan’s Island now bears his name. This history has largely been forgotten on the island today. Next page"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"3- 26 2. “‘A Scratch with a Bear's Paw’: Anglo-Indian Land Deeds in Early Maine,” Ethnohistory 36:3 (Summer, 1989), pp. 235-256) 3. Richardson, H."

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

"As scholars like Rachel Bryant, Andrea Bear Nicholas, and Micah A. Pawling have argued about the Indigenous past in the cross-border region, and as…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was built around 1853, and before the coming of Samuel Batchelder and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Fishermen who went toward Richmond Island stopped at a place called Deep Ledge and those from the Spurwink River would fish along that part of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Originally, the islands and the mainland were known as Stratton's Plantation. Settlement (1631-1674) Captain Thomas Cammock was the first legal…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… eggs or a V-notch (indicating females capable of bearing eggs) are returned to the water. The trap is re-baited and reset until the next haul."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Like the hospital which bears their name, the Sisters of Mercy made it their mission to serve the most vulnerable members of society."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… they would track deer, caribou, moose, and bear. They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… the archives of the Blue Hill Historical Society bears witness to the formation of the Bluehill Fishing Company in 1836."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.