Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"With the introduction of the Portland Herald, Senator Hale and his Daily Press began to feel pressure from their lower advertising revenues."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"It started in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove, and the watchman was absent. After the fire, students were moved to the Annex…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"The Kennebec Journal had articles of the ships that came in and out of Hallowell because many people owned a part of the profit."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Penobscot River Railroad The Penobscot River Railroad was a “railroad that never was”. It was chartered by the state in 1836 to go from Bucksport to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"John Patten was the President of The Portland and Kennebec Railroad. John Patten had the idea and was also was the main builder for this project of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Churchill of Portland was the lead architect. The Opera House had its grand opening in September of 1913."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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

"… built section by section from Portland up to the Kennebec River and beyond. In 1831, this county road had become important enough that the First…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… and Breadth of Maine, by Stanley Bearce Attwood, printed by the Kennebec Journal Print Shop, Augusta, Maine, no date listed; pages 27 and 218."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… had begun to take shape as the Portland and Kennebec Railroad reached Bath in 1849, intersecting the downtown at Centre and Washington Streets and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society Gould’s original plan was to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915. There were a couple of people that were not as influential as Galen…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"After her death in 1957 at the age of 79, her residence at 382 Black Point Road was expanded and the Kaler Vaill Memorial Home for Women was opened…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Wood-fired locomotives of the Narrow Gauge Railroad brought tourists and fueled other industries, giving way only when automobiles and trucks became…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Fassett who was the architect for the Church Block, also designed the Courthouse , the Hyde Block(Bath Savings), and the Lincoln Block, right next to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… made with the Committee of the Proprietors of the Kennebec Purchase, by Ruben Colburn and his associates.” A survey would be completed at the…"