Maine Memory Network

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

"Holt’s store became a hotel. Orin Clay opened a public house named the Copper and Gold Exchange The U.S."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… for the large tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Hotels and restaurants would host the volumes of tourists passing through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Business flourished with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… House, locally considered one of the finest hotels in the state, was built in 1849. At the north end of downtown, along Front Street just north of…"

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

"… what was called the Bangor Plan, which allowed hotels and such to serve alcohol if they went to court and paid a fee twice a year."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1859, Presque Isle grew large enough to support a hotel, a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military…"

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