Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills ."

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"They've also interviewed several long-time Surry residents. X X The first five exhibits for this project, completed during the 2011-2012…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"But they were not to be together long. Isaac died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1865, at the age of 28--perhaps that he was a sea captain…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Pond (Little Ellis) and Silver Lake (Ellis Pond or Roxbury Pond). Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name the Indians had…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… forested hills near a serene cove, the crew had long, contentious discussions about settling in this particular spot."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"An invitation to Nowick from a long-time fan of his performance, Catherine Filene Shouse, founder of the Wolf Trap, the National Park for the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… select just a few soldiers to research from that long list. We also found it interesting that the War affected so many areas of rural life."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… land rectangular in shape, seven miles, 94 rods long, by four miles, 256 rods wide. The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel blocks.” Everyone used the same long-handled dipper to drink from the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"The Sowadabscook Stream is the outlet for three ponds and its rushing water allowed for much needed water power early in the settlement of the town."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees that were good for building masts, so the map makers did…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… Cutter of Bangor bought 66 acres east of Second Pond where he established the long running Blue Hill Copper Mining and Smelting Company."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Shettleworth, Jr. Jordan Pond House staff, ca. 1910Great Harbor Maritime Museum Most Wabanakis who came to Mount Desert avoided the confines of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Affiliating with the Jordan Pond House, a public tea house located in Acadia National Park, and participating in other island institutions and…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… link to learn more about cutting ice on Cascade Pond in Hallowell. “Ice Mania” was the name of the icing industry; by a Maine newspaper in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was by now the economic and cultural center of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1915Islesboro Historical Society Meadow Pond, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society TURTLE HEAD AND MEADOW POND According to an…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… rendered unrepairable when it fell into the ice pond in the park. It was soon replaced with the Spirit of the Sea."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… a parcel of land on the west side of Worthley Pond in the town of Peru. He contracted someone to build him a barn one year and a house the…"

Caribou Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… to travel from the Kennebec River, through ponds and streams, until they reached the Little Norridgewock to Sandy River."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Pond's main thesis was that slavery violated man's God given rights to freedom; slavery must be ended."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond indicate that it was ice free by 12,400 C14 yrs BP, or about 13,200 calendar years ago."