Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some twenty years earlier. As the island filled with summer residents, many additional…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… preclude extensive agriculturally based European settlement until after the Civil War, although Acadians had lived along the St."

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

"Loring Family Settlement: 1781 – 1876 In the latter part of the eighteenth century, families began moving inland to the back lots of Ancient North…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"From its earliest settlement the town has maintained ties of family, friendship and commerce with New Brunswick."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… at this point to take their revenge by attacking settlements in the southern part of the state. The conflict escalated to the point that the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… having many children and impacting the early settlement of the area. Captain Josiah Parker died in 1858 at the age of 93, and is buried in the East…"