Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"His father, Charles Whitten, bridge construction engineer for the Maine State Highway Commission and a resident of New Portland researched the Wire…"

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

"Dr. Charles W. BellStrong Historical Society A Legendary Doctor After Strong’s first physician, Dr."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879 • Number of active weirs down…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… Toothpick MillStrong Historical Society Charles Forster of Boston developed a machine to mass-produce toothpicks."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"She received her first fly rod as a gift from Charles Wheeler. It was made out of bamboo and weighed five ounces."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Photo by Frank P. Adams. X Schooner Charles E. Sears, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Memorial Library Lubec’s connection to the sea also offered…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… of Passamaquoddy Bay by John Mitchell) and in the west (treaties with the Chenussio and Seneca, both Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, tribes) negotiated…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… claim (later called the Waldo Patent) to the west of Penobscot Bay. For these proprietors and others like them who spearheaded smaller schemes…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… border with a less dense colonial presence to the west, from the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… Historical Society As gold brought rails west, timber brought rails north. There were large amounts of untouched woods in Western Maine, but the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Porter Lake is west of the New Vineyard Mountains. Many inlets supply the lake from all sides, as well as natural springs."

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

"The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… Dist.# 1 - Dyar School was located on the west side of the Sandy River on the road to Farmington."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"After the War many Maine residents had moved West in search of a better life or to join family members who had also migrated."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Prescott Ford Jernegan, a Baptist minister, and Charles Fisher, both from Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, arrived in Lubec and immediately set an…"

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen MCHP Volunteers in the Classroon and Library

"… Beiser, Dana Lippett and Sally MacFawn X Dan West X Teacher Ron Bilancia, volunteers Dan West and Dick Shaw, and students from one of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Heseltine, Charles D. Bangor's Street Railway. Warehouse Point, Conn.: Connecticut Valley Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1974."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"His son, Charles, was the person who built the Civil War monument at the merging of Routes 2 and 6, in honor of his father, even though Jacob never…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Shettleworth, Jr. Bramhall by Charles A. AlexanderMaine Historical Society With the emergence of the architectural profession in Maine in the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… Maine c 1940Thomaston Historical Society Charles A. Morse of Friendship, established Morse Boatbuilding Co."

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… Hurd Beiser, Community volunteer in the classroom Charles Colburn, Community volunteer in the classroom Kathy Cook, Community volunteer in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"All the buildings burned on the west side except the Free Will Baptist Church. That small brick structure set back away from the road."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… what we suffered bodily and mentally." Charles T. Lord to wife, Baton Rouge, 1863Patten Free Library William Henry Fogg Civil War…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Shortly before the battle began, Captain Charles Morris of the U.S.S. Adams had been wreaking havoc among British ships when his vessel ran aground…"