Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"References Johnson, Deidre. "Jacob Abbott." 19th-Century Girls' Series. July 2005. Retrieved 3 Dec. 2008 from…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs. The schooner Dispatch built in 1793 is recorded as…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Davistown Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in the 19th century, our two towns, though separate, were similar in many ways."

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840."

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… ideals and standards of young graduates of that century. Village School, cr. 1905 Click for Slideshow In 1900 it became necessary to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"After the start of the 20th century, students had less pressure to support the family farm, and education became more important."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

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

"… but changes in the first decade of the 21st Century reflect the optimism of its residents. The Strong Elementary School was chosen as one of three…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Douglass, the famous abolitionist of the 19th century, and Ernestine Rose, a feminist and abolitionist who traveled around the world."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… was very important to Hampden during the 18th and 19th centuries providing resources and jobs. The schooner Dispatch, built in 1793, is recorded as…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"Students Photographing a 19th Century Sampler X The contributing partners to the construction of this website are grateful for the support and…"

Skowhegan History House

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Westport Island History Committee

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Steam powered the 19th Century, and eventually fog signals at lighthouses. That shed first housed a hot-air horn, then in 1868 a steam whistle…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the 19th century, other local products were manufactured including those made from steel and iron including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"At the commencement of the 19th century, the first settlers were limited in books, and it is surprising that so many grew up learning to read and…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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