Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George or Georges River, where it bends west for a short distance before heading north and inland some 40 miles to the village of Warren and beyond."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"George A. Martin of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. A concert at 7:30 by the Bangor Band featured a march, Guilford Centennial, by Lee Sanford, a former…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Academy, Blue Hill, 1913Blue Hill Public Library George Stevens and His Academy George Stevens and his brother Theodore first arrived in Blue…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road Company opened the road to the top. This rare glass stereo view shows Abner Lowell seated atop…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"George, built a vessel for which there is no name recorded. Eaton, an early town historian, reports the first vessel launched in old Thomaston was in…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"It was the worst ice storm in the history of Maine. Written by George Berry, Tasha Glazier, Ethan Rolfe"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… choir director.” (Music and Musicians on Maine, George Thornton Edwards) Belcher’s impact on Farmington’s role as a cultural center in Maine is…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Beahm, George. The Stephen King Companion. Andrews and McMeel, 1989. Burnham, Emily. “Happy 70th Birthday, Stephen King.” Bangor Daily News, Bangor…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"George road then and was went to school it’s no longer there used to be on school street. Kristen Sawyer: In Thomaston? What town did you live in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"George P. Davenport was born at 55 Front Street, his father's home, and died on December 29, 1926 at his home on 1135 Washington Street due to a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… on the Soldier's Monument, Joseph Pepper and George Pepper deserve special mention because George's letters to his mother still exist."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"It was designed by architect George Harding, in a Richarsonian Romanesque style. There is a long history of the library's building which includes two…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now South Street."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… of the Bath Opera House for many years was George E. Sargent. When the Opera House was built, he said according to a newspaper from a 1952…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Walter G. Webber (1848-1906), the son of George and Rebecca Webber, opened Webber’s Drugstore at 94 Front Street in 1883."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… the Blue Hill Fair! E.B White lived just down the road in Brooklin. Even today, E.B. White’s classic story is honored by a Charlotte's Web Tent…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Captain George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where the river trends westward. Early roads were little more than footpaths."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Anderson, Levi Morrill and George Hall, in Cumberland; and Gardiner Leighton, Fred Merrill, J. F. Mountford, Nathaniel Shurtleff, Harry Dolloff and…"

Bangor Public Library

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Old York Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"George W.C. Drexel, a banker from Philadelphia, acquired most of the Bluff in the late 1890s. From his highly prominent location, he could view his…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"George Ranger, a merchant from Fairbanks, moved to the center of the village. Mr. Ranger’s view from his home was upon the neglected Meeting House…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… appointed Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis…"