Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"James Buswell was first to arrive in 1769. Others soon followed so that by 1771 twelve families had settled in a village area they called Conduskeag."

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Doughty School Karen Novak, Social Studies, James F. Doughty School Volunteers We would particularly like to thank local historian and volunteer Dick…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Vickery, James B. Made in Bangor: economic emergence and adaptation, 1834-1911. Bangor, Me.: Bangor Historical Society & Museum, 1984. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Students at the James F. Doughty Middle School chose to focus on the decade of the '40s to supplement their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Portland, ME: Lakeside Press, 1898. Print. Mundy, James H. Second to None, The Story of the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry: “The Bangor Regiment”."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"James Dalhover exited the car and sauntered in. He was obviously on a mission, but he had no clue of the danger that lay ahead."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… in the world,” said the Bangor superintendent, James Doughty. The school committee gave unanimous approval on Wednesday, December 9, 1997, to the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Engraving of James Sullivan, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society Professionals were drawn to the bustling town, and doctors and lawyers opened up…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James Andrews and Sons began a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lawyers, including James Sullivan and George Thatcher, were drawn to the town were here to work on real estate, business needs, and land and water…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(S) Flagg, James Montgomery. Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. (A) Folsom, George."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Lt. James Porter X Jeremy and Rachel Hunter Porter's son, James Ezekiel, was born in 1846. He went to Strong schools and to Bates College (called…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… consisting of Stephen Titcomb, Jr., Robert Gower, James Henry, Robert Alexander, and James McDonnell through the wilderness to what is now called…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Mayo, H A Durrell, Austin T. Voter, James H. Conant, Allen G. Eustis, Ernest W. Vining. Strong Historical Society In 1820, delegates of 24 Lodges…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… Kinship and Leadership Copy, deed from James and Rachell Berry to Proprietors, page 1 of 3Maine Historical Society It was not uncommon to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"40, item 31. 3. James Berry and Rachel Berry Deed to Proprietors (1716), Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick: Pejepscot Proprietors Papers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"HISTORY of Biddeford...a Maine river town Text by Renée DesRoberts Research & editorial assistance provided by Sally Leahey, Raymond Gaudette…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"The Saco River Driving Company served as the wood operation and river driving subsidiary of J. G. Deering & Son."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"Croix River. In the Passamaquoddy language the river was known as the Skutik River. Several testimonies were given about the location of the true St."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… of the Saco in the Fryeburg area (northern Saco River) and the Sokoki or Saco who lived along and on the southern part of the Saco River in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… from Daniel or Derumkin and Robin [Ramegin] to James Thomas and Samuel York.Maine Historical Society In 1670, according to one deed in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"… the Laconia Mills on the Biddeford side of the river in 1844, then started Pepperell Manufacturing Company in 1850."