Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Initially, native people benefited from labor opportunities in lumbering and agriculture. They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"A native of Paris Hill, Hamlin moved to Hampden as a young man to practice law. A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."

Presque Isle: The Star City - People

"From the beginnings with Native Americans to lumbering and agriculture in the 1800s up to the present day, Presque Isle citizens have met…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"A native of New Brunswick, she enrolled in Madigan Memorial School of Nursing in Houlton in 1937 before taking vows in the Sisters of Mercy in 1944."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"The settlers encroached on the native hunting grounds and set nets which interfered with their fishing."

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

"Native peoples would be drawn in to these battles by both sides, suffering greatly during what was probably the most violent period of Biddeford…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had. The natives wished that when they rang the bell, it sang as sweetly as it did when in father…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The religion of the French was more appealing to the natives as opposed to the strict Puritan Church that held little likeness to these people of…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Skowhegan Island provided an important stopping place for the Native Americans. It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"We did similar things to the Native Americans here. And, frankly, ten years after Malaga Island was destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Francis Fassett, a Bath native born in 1823, died in Portland in 1908. Fassett who was the architect for the Church Block, also designed the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… the architect of the Courthouse, was a Bath native who became a famous architect. Mr. Fassett was born on June 25, 1823, and he died on November 1…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(T) "A Timeline of Native American Culture." Home: The story of Maine. Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Web. 1 Jan 2010."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Part of it is most likely the lack of money and the other part is about not wanting to offend people of certain religions."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Ordained in 1787, he preached in his native Oxford for the next nine years. From 1796 to 1806 he served as the pastor for a church in Boothbay, Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Library

"… of books about Maine's rich history and by native authors. Our community living space, made possible by a generous donation from the Stephen and…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"His thesis on his native Unity was published as the town’s official history in 1954. John and Sarah Williams Young, Hallowell, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Native Americans referred to both the river and the area as Segochet, “a pleasant place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator…"

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"In previous years, it had been a Native American settlement. Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… seasonally in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site. And, no settlements resulted from early European…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"(Photo by Dee Lustusky) X Wabanaki dancers at the Native American Festival, 2008. (Photo by Anna Travers) X Chris Sockalexis performs…"