Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"Everywhere also the path has broadened, and larger groups of women have and are working with the same eager enthusiasm toward the still larger life…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Two major transportation paths have been swept away in the Kennebec. Hallowell city's train tracks were swept away leaving no train transportation…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… landed upon the shore of the Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in Hallowell."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"The drag would make flat paths. That looked like little roads. Albert and his friends would take their tricycles and wagons and pretend that they…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 2 of 2

"… Sister Mary Michael Connelly followed a different path to service at Mercy Hospital. A Bangorian, she enrolled in Mercy Hospital’s first nursing…"

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

"Certain signs cut on trees marked paths from one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… marshes and turned ancient forest trails into paths and dirt roads. I mean now to give you a history of my discovering of the Island of Mount…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"… to go on by boat, so they started to cut a path through the thick woods of Maine. It took them three weeks to go 20 miles."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… and business environment were setting them on a path of which there was not return. The expansion and conglomeration of all of the major…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… Map, 1924 Abbott Park Original Design Map "Paths" in Google Earth: Yet another feature of Google Earth is the ability to draw a path on a map to…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… of the biggest businesses, so he kind of paved a path for other businesses in Lincoln. Like his car dealership, did that kick start all the other…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… by Larissa Vigue Picard X Though our general path for this project was sketched in our application to the Maine Historical Society in 2008, our…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… role each collection plays in documenting Maine’s path to statehood; and their relationship to one another in respect to content."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… had once been a showplace of bridges, walking paths, and trees was sold to a developer who had planned to put in a number of commercial entities…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by toll rates, eight cents for a horse and twenty-five cents for a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"The ball sailed up in the air, eyes following its path, heading right for the hoop. The buzzer went off and swish, the basketball sunk through the…"

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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… even strangers wave to each other as they cross paths on the roads. Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower truck, the…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"That is a stage on the path to canonization for sainthood, eagerly awaited by her Sisters and all who love Mercy."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Even though Maine is not in a normal hurricane path we are still not immune to the destruction of a hurricane."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… trees and/or symbols to the “Pathway of Peace”, a path leading to the National Christmas Tree. The pageant featured live reindeer, an Eskimo…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… of Front Street burning down everything in its path, almost impossible to stop. The huge fire burned down many homes and businesses including those…"