Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed into the community."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… professionals to better paying areas in New England and elsewhere was another blow to the local & state economies as early as the 1940's, and…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"54 vol. 2). [7] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 16. [8] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 22-23. [9] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 24-25."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"It was the only bank east of Wiscasset, but due to the carelessness of a cashier, Crosby suffered much financial loss through his position at the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The area became favorable to southern New Englanders because there was plenty of land for younger sons to inherit."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… Museum-University of Maine University of New England And of course, the amazing staff at the Maine Community Heritage Project and the Maine Memory…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Photo by Mina Phinney” X The blizzard’s aftermath resonated in headlines throughout New England."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"For most of the 19th century one bank or another occupied the first floor of the Lincoln Block. The last bank to occupy the building was the First…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"1925McArthur Public Library Talent without an audience quickly evaporates, but luckily the people of Biddeford were ravenous for the entertainments…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1847, construction of this new church began, overseen by master builder Isaiah Coombs. Arthur Gilman designed the church in the style of Gothic…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… of the area, as well as the southern New England tribes' names for the Wabanakis -- Tarrentines/Tarrateens, which was used by some of the earliest…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million feet of logs through the windows and inundating…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Most of the homes in the area still ran along the river, and were close by Fort Mary (the local garrison) or the village of Winter Harbor, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… town, as Ethel West, a resident of South Rumford whose home was on the bank of the Mt. Zircon Stream, expressed in her poem “A Town in Maine”."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"The New England Telephone & Telegraph Company was located at the Church Block for many years. Dr. Edwin Fuller Senior's offices were at the Church…"

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 - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"The bank has been around for more than 150 years. It has never been successfully robbed. That is one of the reasons why people go there. David C."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"During the construction of the new station, William S. Newell, the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… was responsible for the Italianate design of the Bank Block at Front and Lambard Streets in 1859. In the following decades, his work included the…"

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…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"… By Dean Thomas Smalley, University of New England SHIPBUILDING IN BIDDEFORD BIDDEFORD'S MOVERS & SHAKERS THE CIVIL WAR & BIDDEFORD THE THURSDAY…"

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."

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

"It crossed the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by toll rates, eight cents for a horse and twenty-five…"