Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… treaty stated that the eastern boundary of the United States was the St. Croix River, but documentation never made clear which river was the St."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Finally the mail route was established, and Lincoln got its own mailman. The first mail carrier went by the last name of Moor."

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

"Horses brought the mail from the train to the post office. Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943

"He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his service. He was discharged September 15, 1945. View additional information about this item on…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Bridle paths were the only tracks for early mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"This building replaced a mail order office. When it was built, the store was the second largest Sears building in New England."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… addition to the website? Please contact us! BY MAIL: BIDDEFORD HERITAGE PROJECT c/o McArthur Public Library 270 Main Street Biddeford, Maine…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Starting in 1822, horseback riders delivered mail to Farmington, Strong, Phillips, Kingfield, New Portland, and Anson."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his childhood in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… to fill out "coupons" from the paper and mail or deliver them with their votes for the teacher, clerk, or wage earner -- from Bangor or from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The train transported mail in and out of town, and the station doubled as a telegraph station.   George King Interview on Railroads The train was…"

Boston Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… because we now have telephones, cell phones, e-mail, text, etc. If we did not first have the telegraph, inventors would probably never have had the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In 1888 a new United States Post Office had been established in Jemtland, and in 1901 one was established in Stockholm."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… gave voting rights to “every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting paupers, persons under…"

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

"… industrialization of northern cities in the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… settle elsewhere, including lands in the western United States. The population in North Yarmouth decreased significantly."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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