Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900 In 1874 state aid was prematurely cut off from the colony of New Sweden causing a group of newspapermen to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… on card playing, provides a program of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and information about…"

Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Then in 1874, the Ferry Service was established by the City of Hallowell and Kennebec County. People in Hallowell and Chelsea used the ferry to get…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… 2003 Rose Family Diaries, DHS Coll.#122, 1874-1946 Town of Dixfield Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"In 1874, she moved to Portland, Maine, where she spent seven years as the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser."

Lisbon Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"In 1874, John H. Murray’s Great Railroad Circus came to Lincoln. In total there were 71 actors, and they all stayed at the hotel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… of the town’s first club, the Oasis (founded in 1874) where men gathered to drink and talk. Women, excluded from this men’s association, founded a…"

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"He was born in 1800, and died in 1874, in Lincoln, Maine. He named his son Nathaniel Bodwell, Jr. Nathaniel Bodwell had 8 children: Lovina, born Sep."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… Industrial School for Girls, which was founded in 1874. Its objective was to provide safe housing and a moral, social and academic education for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… Douglas moved his practice to Philadelphia in 1874. Anticipating the change, Coombs formed a partnership with another young architect, Charles H."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… in action (Battle of Fredericksburg) 1864 – 1874 • Period of great commercial prosperity 1865 • Peak of smoked herring industry • Thirty…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) started as members of the local church congregation in Northeast and Seal Harbors, perhaps as early as 1935."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… practiced by many Maine lobstermen, and in 1874 the first laws regulating the minimum size of lobsters were enacted."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… Virginia, Elizabeth returned to Portland in 1874. For seven years she was the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser."

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

"… Brooksville who had 11 children) in 1871, Mina in 1874, and Charles in 1877. Her father Benjamin Lord lived with them, too, and her brother Stephen…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"1930Swan's Island Historical Society From 1874 until 1889 Swan’s Island fishing boats took first or second place in the Atlantic fleet for quantity…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… #028 Rose Family Diaries, DHS Coll.#122, 1874-1946 The Early History of Dixfield Maine, DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 Nancy…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"and Emily Savage’s son John C. Savage (1874-1938) and his wife Emily Nicholson (1875-1941) who used it for summer quarters for themselves and their…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The early band stand was built in 1874 by a fine carpenter, Henry Sprague, to be used by local musicians, such as Charles Wheeler’s earlier band."