Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme Court, Governor of Massachusetts, and Biddeford's representative to the Provincial Congress prior to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Then, in 1927, BIW was resurrected by William S. (Pete) Newell, who turned it into a producer of various utility vessels and luxury yachts just…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"While governor, Lincoln worked to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"of New York opened the Baird’s Quarry in Minturn in 1901. It was one of 2 major commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He served once again as United States Minister to Great Britain 1825-1826. With his health failing, Rufus returned to his home in New York where he…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Maine finally achieved statehood in 1820, in part through efforts of Rufus and William King. Travel was mainly by foot, horseback, boat or stagecoach…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and also studied medicine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"George M. Gage, one of the Principal's assistants in the School's first year, succeeded Mr. Kelsey as Principal until 1868."

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

"Chamberlain, Speaker of the House Hannibal Hamlin, Cabinet Secretaries, the Mayor of Bangor, and other noteworthy figures."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Rodman Fay of New York. Clover Cottage was laboriously and lovingly restored and improved in the first decade of the 21st century and remains one of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Williams, Gregory Howard, Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black, 1995, Plume Books, New York."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"But once again, the number of votes casted was too negligible to serve as legitimate. After the two unsuccessful attempts in the early 1790s, one…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He was also an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan. In September of 1926, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican to fill the vacancy left…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"It was named in honor of Maine's first governor of Maine, William King. This steamer was built in 1902 in New York for the Port Chester service."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field Book. New York: Harper Brothers, 1896. Print. Scott, Geraldin Tidd."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled the finest on the mainland. With the establishment of Islesboro’s summer…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… High School, she attended Elmira College in New York. During the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army."