Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… more than a century ago, and its approach on a dirt road reminds us of what our old roads once looked like."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"… store front on the east side of the then dirt Main Street, across from G. H. Freeman Hardware Store."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… & Bayley on Pine Point Road, almost across the street from Snow’s. Thurston & Bayley not only bought clams from diggers, but they developed a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… near the junction of Old Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road). It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In the late 1700s, the…"

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… on the depot grounds in this village, the dirt above him gave way, falling upon his head and shoulders as he stooped to take up a shovel full…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The dirt lanes and roads were still muddy or impassible much of the year. It would be decades before paved highways were completed."