Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Street is named for John Church and not the North Church at the east end of the street.) The Meeting House became a religious center, a government…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"The North Smokehouse that was destroyed in a storm in 1995 has wood for the fires stacked up against it."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In winter, they might go north to cut wood. Early settlers of Blue Hill were forced to be resourceful in order to survive."

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

"… intent of invading Quebec City, 184 miles to the north. The first settlement in the area was called Canaan, and early 19th century settlers carved…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area. He later sold this business to a competitor."

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

"… Herald also reported that by Tuesday the 16th North Lubec Road was opened to horse traffic. The following week’s edition of the newspaper on…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"This bell used to be in the North Church belfry on High Street until it was transported to City Hall. The bell rang every morning, noon, and night."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Hazzard, Jr. in Gardiner, Harry M. Verrill in North Windham, Spaulding Bisbee in Cumberland, and Walter G. Davis, Guy P. Gannett, and Henry P."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… and others, must be employed to break into the north side of the west end of the quarry. The coopers must be so regulated, and supplied with…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"He fought in Virginia and North Carolina until April 1864. After the war, William Clark was a member of the Maine House of Representatives."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… high speed trailing blade coater, known as the North Star Coater, which would be placed in the north yard of the Rumford Mill."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… at a Place called Sandy Point and to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… members of the Lord family, Benjamin had migrated north from Kittery, Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town…"

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

"… was erected at Black Point about a half mile north of Great Pond (later known as Massacre Pond), because the "neck" was too far away to be…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… an early history of Belfast, Turtle Head at the north end of Islesboro was named by Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), the English Governor of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Kennebec River Flood, North end of Joppa, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library On March 2nd, 1896, Hallowell had its 3rd largest flood in the history…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… the Middleton strayed slightly west, then north, of the intended course. Unnoticed by the crew, the ship was sailing toward high bluffs overlooking…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Florida, and seasonally went fishing as far north as Labrador. During the Civil War, A.C. also served in the Union Navy as a Capt on the revenue…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… sixteen miles from Farmington and twelve from North Anson. The village is located on Lemon Stream, so called because the water was a light yellow…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… day care center were housed in their building in North New Portland.  The Grange was very helpful and agreed to allow the RLC to remodel part of…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… there were five canneries in Eastport, and one in North Lubec. Fish processing, Eastport, ca. 1902Maine Historical Society Growth was…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was located on the north end of the bridge. After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and…"

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

"3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR). As settlers moved to the area, it became known as Middletown and…"