Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… being constructed in Thomaston until the late 18th century. However, there is a high probability that a few industrious men with ability built…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"By the end of the 18th century the logs were being sent down from Fryeburg and points north. Before 1800 there were 17 sawmills around the falls…"

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

"… term for Maine tribes, and usage dates from the 18th century. The French called the ethnic group of southwestern Maine “Armouchiquois“, but the…"

Blue Hill Historical Society

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William Fogg Public Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… much like the distant proprietors of 17th and 18th centuries, as primarily fighting to preserve its control over its own interests."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… family clans, most who settled in the mid-18th century and were immigrants of European descent."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… for land obtained from them in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Fishing weir, Bar Harbor, 1903Jesup Memorial Library Some of the pots that…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… driving began in Maine on the Saco river in the 18th century. It was a way of transporting a large amount of logs to mills by floating them down…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century, Islesboro's early settlers depended on privately owned boats for transportation to the…"

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

"… dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries. The area of modern Maine was the crossroads of English and French North America, and all…"

Davistown Museum

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Caribou Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"This society became official in the 18th century in England, but its structure has roots that can be traced back to 13th century Europe."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"But by the 20th century, life as the early families knew it would begin to change drastically. A huge influx of new technology soon phased out the…"

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

"By the end of the 18th century, townspeople asked that the area be incorporated. Governor Caleb Strong, of Massachusetts, decreed on January 31…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"In the 18th and 19th centuries, when many children seldom went to school, if at all, the homework they were given was limited to rote memorization."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… River was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum During the 17th and 18th centuries discipline was much different than nowadays."