Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland. The wide range of amusements included a bowling alley, a dance hall, a merry-go-round…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… was now open for the first time from Bangor to Portland, and points south. On November 1, 1856 the Waterville to Bangor line was leased to and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"2nd Series, Vol. 22. Portland, Me.: Tower Co., 1916. Web. (Google Books) 1 Jan 2010. (N) "Maine Indian Tribes." Access Genealogy."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… & Museum The Thomas was en route from Norfolk to Portland with a cargo of coal. Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"A couple of years later, the Portland Press Herald published an article about an upcoming NAACP event for Black History Month on Malaga."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Western Maine, well-known Deering High of South Portland; for Eastern Maine, the Hampden Academy boys, a team that had yet to win a state…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Wood, of Portland, who was proprietor in 1904 and ran the business as The United Packers, with a capacity of 3000 cans per day."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould School is on Westbrook Street in South Portland in the Long Creek Youth Development Center, formerly known as the Maine Youth Center."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… of other amusement parks, including Riverton in Portland and Merrymeeting in Brunswick. Situated on an idyllic 10-acre parcel in Hampden, Riverside…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"She took a job on the Portland Transcript in 1855, and the next year published her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine, under…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond. Several generations of Dolloffs used the premises primarily as a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Maine in the Northeastern Boundary Controversy. Portland: Marks Printing House, 1919. Print. City of Bangor, Maine. Annual Reports. 1930-1940. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… ever "visited upon a Maine city, save for the Portland conflagration of 1866." (“Bangor Fire”) The fire began around 4:00 on the afternoon of April…"

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

"… of 24 Lodges assembled at Masons' Hall in Portland to organize the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Maine."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… Helen Baker Cushman donated the ensemble to Portland's Westbrook College in 1977, along with other pieces from Lucile and her husband Ivan Baker's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The shipyards of South Portland were a destination for many able-bodied workers, who helped with the construction of Liberty Ships."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. William KingScarborough Historical Society & Museum William King…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"… are references to: Grant-Wilson rally at Augusta Portland Iron Men Tanners "Good Bye Liza Jane" U.S."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… she and her husband, Edward Vaill, a prominent Portland businessman, had envisioned and planned. After her death in 1957 at the age of 79, her…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… residency at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He arrived in Scarborough in 1944 and opened his first office in the Marshview…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Mohney A short history of Cumberland libraries by Grace Trappan The history of Portland by William Willis Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"1799Maine Historical Society Slender cotton gown, Buckfield, ca. 1805Maine Historical Society The fashions of 1800-1805 are represented at…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies in the country."