Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Marston-Lawrence farm X Riverside Farm The Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come to Presque Isle to work in various harvesting…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… three thriving towns of Presque Isle, Caribou and Fort Fairfield, with an average population of about 4000 each and an average valuation crowding…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"This route also included Presque Isle. Gould traveled to his customers’ sites by cart and horse. The trip from Old Town to Fort Kent would take five…"

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Houlton and Fort Fairfield were the first to get rail service. The residents of Presque Isle, seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"Presque Isle, 2006. Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Though History. Fort Fairfield, Maine: C3creative, 2007."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… store was purchased from Peterson’s Motor Mart of Fort Fairfield. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Through History."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"Daniel White Ed Getchell Fort Point Light For Pownal Howard L. Sampson James G. Wasgatt Hugh Ross Elmer Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… settlers left the fort and went back to their farms, and the garrison at the fort was discontinued by 1762."

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

"Fort Hill, Biddeford, ca. 1906McArthur Public Library An example of this were Captain Benjamin Hooper and his sea coast patrol company "to Defend…"

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

"Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino Lithographers. Gold, Susan Dudley, ed. Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present."

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

"… area still ran along the river, and were close by Fort Mary (the local garrison) or the village of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… century lime kilns were operating near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood."

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

"While a new fort was built at the western side of Garrison Cove, the settlers lived aboard their ship."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the Penobscot Valley; stalwart and hardy settlers began to settle where the two rivers met."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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