Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… page of Ede's Kennebec Gazette, published in Augusta on January 6, 1803, illustrated why the separation movement had not yet succeeded."

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

"A History of Maine Roads. Augusta, Maine, 1970. Merrill, Lincoln Jr. and Holly Hurd. Around North Yarmouth. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2006."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… Part 7, pages 129-end Grant-Wilson Rally in Augusta, election results, Greeley's death,   Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"If the road was not kept in good repair, the plantation was fined by the county, which added to the tax burden."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in 1819."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… going to different shelters, I think that the Augusta Civic Center was one of the shelters. That was a little bit worrisome."

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

"… of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the selectmen."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture for the Year 1892. Augusta, ME: Burleigh, Flynt, Printers to the State, 1893."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"The state championship was moved to the Augusta Civic Center after 2005. So a “congratulations” goes out to the boys and girls basketball teams at…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Historical Society Company A, 1st Regiment, Augusta, ca. 1892Maine Historical Society At 6 AM on June 1, Luther and the rest of his company…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Franklin County, thirty-six miles northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman Hospital)…"

Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"It is about 35 miles west of Augusta. He lived to be 82 years of age, dying on July fourth, 1809 in Bangor, Maine."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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