Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… the local brooks, the Sandy River, and in Porter Lake. Fly fisherman, starting in the 1800s, used some of the flies that originated in Maine like…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… eastern shore of the Kennebec and the Clarke and Lake Post in Arrowsic. Although some colonists persevered in the coming years, additional wars and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"Our two classes feel like we have learned a great deal about our town from our research about this time period."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… created a small amusement park on the little lake called Lake Wesserunsett in Lakewood Grove. In previous years, it had been a Native American…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Julia's grief was so great that she was unable to continue and spent her time writing poetry, much of which was published."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Julia's grief was so great that she was unable to continue and then spent her time writing poetry, much of which was published."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free lodging. Did you know that Fly Rod even had a specially-designed skirt…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"John and Ellen Richards are the great grandparents of Mrs. June R. Flagg, who has taught at our school for 43 years. Return to Student Research"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… carried cargo back and forth across the Great Lakes. Three-masted "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces."

Monson Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard? Stroll a field…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Reality, 1763-1842 Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake of the Woods (the intersection of modern-day…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 2 of 2

"… State Class A Championship game in Augusta (and Lake Region in the A/B playoff). The New England Championship tournament was held in Durham, NH at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Mexico, and Rumford, and then on up into the lakes is worthy of mention. Many a pioneer used the Indian route to travel from the coast, moving…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence with the Androscoggin River in Dixfield."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… up to Quebec, instead of dying out in Moosehead Lake. The men thought that their worries were now over, but they were wrong. Dead wrong."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an adjacent building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"This store was located on the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… A vs B playoff game in 1976, Rumford High crushed Lake Region by 50 points, thus ending the A/B playoff for all future Maine teams."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… from far in the northern forests around Moosehead Lake, down to the lumber mills of central Maine. The last drive was in 1976, and huge logging…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the charge of a forester and his assistants; the lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the increase of animals and birds…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."