Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1868, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) of Portland was one of seven Republicans to vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and the foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Upon his death, provisions in his will led to the building of Greely Institute, which opened on September 28, 1868 and held its first public…"

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

"By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day transported passengers and freight in and out of Portland and through Scarborough."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"2nd Series, Vol. 22. Portland, Me.: Tower Co., 1916. Web. (Google Books) 1 Jan 2010. (N) "Maine Indian Tribes." Access Genealogy."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Galen Moses was also the president of the Bath Street Railroad, Bath Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Once that program came to the State of Maine, Bath was one of the first communities chosen to participate in 2001."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Hugh heard of the great water falls of the Androscoggin River located in Rumford, Maine and made venture to see for himself."

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

"… included a barber shop and The Lincoln National Bank. With the Sagadahock House getting all the attention, the focus was also going to the stores…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… shipyard in 1844, and founded the first National Bank of Bath in 1861. He served as the Bank’s president until his death in 1882."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"Eaton Tarbell was one of the first architects in post-World War II Maine to advocate for the sharp, simple lines of contemporary design."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"[34] For further details on this debate and the opinions of Maine politicians and national figures, see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 188-204."

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(Butler’s History of Farmington) He married Margaret J. Butler, daughter of Francis G Butler, Jan. 19, 1860. One son, Arthur, was born in 1861."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the railroad, stood Peru’s largest business, the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… with ways to revitalize its city core along the banks of the Kenduskeag and Penobscot Rivers and settled on an ambitious but bittersweet urban…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by roughly 7,600 people."

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