Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine State…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… select just a few soldiers to research from that long list. We also found it interesting that the War affected so many areas of rural life."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… land rectangular in shape, seven miles, 94 rods long, by four miles, 256 rods wide. The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"

Millinocket Fire Department

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Caribou Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Though steamboats now and then were both used to carry goods and people across rivers and lakes they are not used as widely as they once were due to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard? Stroll a field…"

Baldwin Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… including Garland Pond (Little Ellis) and Silver Lake (Ellis Pond or Roxbury Pond). Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… as close as a stroll along a local riverbank or lake shoreline and an observant eye. The earliest Paleoindian sites in northern Maine date back to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Click here. Ice Cutting, Lake Hebron, Monson, ca. 1900 A similar view to the procedure used on the Kennebec when gathering ice."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… up to Quebec, instead of dying out in Moosehead Lake. The men thought that their worries were now over, but they were wrong. Dead wrong."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several landscape…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder &…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an adjacent building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the charge of a forester and his assistants; the lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the increase of animals and birds…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… to the region’s many rivers, streams, and lakes. The Androscoggin, Nezinscot, Ellis, Swift, Webb, and Twenty Mile Rivers all provided water power…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… from far in the northern forests around Moosehead Lake, down to the lumber mills of central Maine. The last drive was in 1976, and huge logging…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… in the rivers since it was moving water and the lakes provided fresh water. Another reason Aaron might have moved here was there was no one here…"

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Opera House, Presque Isle X Mantle Lake, Presque Isle, 1887Presque Isle Historical Society Economic development led to the growth of…"