Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Wilder's Jewelry

"Wilder's Jewelry X Text by Tony and Cole, students at Presque Isle MIddle School Images X Ike Wilder, a well-known Presque Isle jeweler…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance Solon Wilder Men smoking"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… might seem like the most unlikely of places -- a wilderness area well inland on the Kennebec River. The people who came here to begin a new life…"

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Nath Harlow nursery Apple tree Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County Democratic…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… of a group of 26 girls who participated in Solon Wilder's floral concert on Monday, July 2, 1866. They sang a song that began "Pretty little…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864

"… as she appeared in the performance at Solon Wilders Floral Concert at Norombega Hall in Bangor on July 9, 1864."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… idealized the beauty and grandeur of the natural wilderness. Cole inspired other famous artists to follow in his wake—including Frederic Edwin…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Mt. Desert Island was a wilderness when these early settlers arrived, and remained such for a number of years."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… might seem like the most unlikely of places -- a wilderness area well inland on the Kennebec River. The people who came here to begin a new life…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“Oasis of Wilderness.” Down East, September 1995 Lamson-Scribner, F. “Grasses of a Salt Marsh.” Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture."

Pittsfield Historical Society

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

"… as he prepared to establish a home in the wilderness in 1776. At the encouragement of Thomas Wilson, Stephen Titcomb and four other residents of…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… would be excellent citizens to settle the wilderness of Northern Maine and proposed to personally escort a carefully screened group to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… Robert Alexander, and James McDonnell through the wilderness to what is now called Farmington. He had recommended this area recognizing the natural…"

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

"Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark. "Oasis of Wilderness." Down East Magazine, September, 1995. Leamon, James S."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"After traveling frequently throughout Maine’s wilderness, and established the Somerset Fiber Company in Fairfield, ME."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In his book Wilderness Adventures, William said this about Joe: “There is no better guide for the woods than a man who has lived and been brought up…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… century settlers carved homes and farms from the wilderness. They used waterpower from the fast flowing Kennebec River and the abundant stands of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… purchased vast tracts of land in the Maine wilderness and attempted to entice European settlers to purchase, settle, and develop the lands."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… The history of Mexico begins with the purchase of wilderness land by Jonathan Holman and a group of 26 men from Sutton, in Worcester County…"

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

"… some fine parts, at least, of this sea-side wilderness of Maine?” -- Charles Eliot, Garden & Forest , February 19, 1890, pp."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… attracting teachers, because of its rural wilderness. But by 1846 Maine State Legislature set up a Board of Education that paid the teachers’…"