Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… "Scrap Book no 3." Martin spelled his name "Western." The text bubble above Western reads, "The radicals must be put down or we go into another…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… contributed by Mexico Historical Society When George Ridlon arrived in 1894 and realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 George J. Varney, "A Gazetteer of Maine", 1881"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… State of Maine with Numerous Illustrations, by George Jones Varney, 1836-1901, B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston, MA., 1881; History of Rumford…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In 1894, George W. Ridlon arrived in Mexico. He was well aware of the growth taking place in the area."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… State of Maine with Numerous Illustrations, by George Jones Varney , 1836-1901, B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill, Boston, MA., 1881; History of Rumford…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… informing him that “the River Penobscot has always been deem'd and declared to be the Western boundary of Accadia or Nova Scotia.”"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western boundary. Yet Alexander’s attempt to actually make good on his grant by transporting settlers…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… and most likely helped design and build Fort Western, Fort Halifax, and the Pownalborough Courthouse."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Croix as the western end of the Chiputneticook Lakes, which would be the starting point for vexing questions about the interior route for decades to…"

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

"George M. Gage, one of the Principal's assistants in the School's first year, succeeded Mr. Kelsey as Principal until 1868."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"Flames spread through the center and western wing of the prison, consuming offices and the guardroom, along with the Warden’s brick dwelling."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

""The 'disappearance' of the Abenaki in Western Maine: Political organizations and ethnocentric assumptions." American Indian Quarterly 17.2 (1993)…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Saco & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh. It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… owns Alexander’s 1856 rendering of Bramhall, the Western Promenade Italianate mansion of John Bundy Brown, Portland’s leading businessman."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He wanted to explore the Western territory. Jacob was the town clerk, which is like a modern day secretary."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… to be a forerunner in politics, education and Western Maine business practices. Home of the award-winning University of Maine at Farmington, a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… Ryder (1818-1881) who had inherited land on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the early…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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