Maine Memory Network

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

"Every couple of minutes a new wall would fall and scatter the firefighters. The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"Just months before the start of the Great Depression, a group of actors, directors and producers from New York City pulled together a repertory…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… the growth of log huts, the ring of the ax in the great forest, and the hum of life in the home of the hardy pioneer."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… was a terrible toll, one that had to have caused great sadness and grief among those remaining in Surry."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… had dropped to 488, likely impacted by The Great Depression. Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… as the 21st century began, over the years a great many people had come together to share music and friendship in an effort to connect across…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… which there would be no Rumford: PENNACOOK FALLS Rumford Falls Maine 1895Greater Rumford Area Historical Society in the spring, sun high in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1831, Chase married twice and died in 1892. He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"… were covered in ice Freezing rain falls and falls again The storm continues Everything is frozen Trees fall, the ice melts You can hear nothing…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Arnold made them press on to the Great Falls, where they found food enough to survive. They made it to the Village of St."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped…"

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."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there was any permanent settlement in this area, but rather…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat falling below knee at one side. An easy fitting three-quarter sleeved unlined edge to edge jacket…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… may date from his reelection campaign in the fall of 1864 or from his assassination in April, 1865."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… many mills that lined the river banks near the falls. Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry, modern technology, and a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… was to utilize the full extent of the Great Falls as it was first envisioned some 76 years earlier by the original Hugh J. Chisholm. Hugh J."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Joe Mell’s 1883 Mount Desert Herald ad read: “Fall hunting in Maine. Parties wishing to Hunt or Camp in Maine can secure an Excellent Guide by…"

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

"… as Squando led a group of warriors against the falls area garrison of Major Phillips. Squando had been turned against the settlers at the death of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… to the historical society by Stephen Titcomb’s, great, great granddaughter Peggy Titcomb. The Titcomb House The home of the Farmington Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"In the fall, these rafts with houses would be towed into the cove below Vaughan's Point. Steam and Boom Company, Log Driver's Shack, Hallowell…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… Educators" at University of Maine Farmington, Fall 2008 Students in Mrs. Stevens' Second Grade Class at Mallett School The Maine Community…"