Maine Memory Network

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

"… of free books from the Maine State Library in Augusta.  These were accessed by Lena Atwood, working in her garage and assisted by Marilyn Gorman…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Maine. Adjutant General. Augusta (Me.) : Stevens & Sayward, printers to the state, 1862- 1867. (C) Annual report of the municipal officers of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… Thurza, Jeremy, Eunice, Alexander, Elias, Augusta, Ezekiel, Sarah, and Catherine. Mr. Porter was a very good craftsman."

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

"… mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in 1819."

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

"From 1878 to 1889 he captained the Augusta E. Herrick, a large schooner, and acquired his reputation as a very successful halibut fisherman."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State House."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Gannet would also go onto purchase Augusta newspaper the Kennebec Journal. Guy Gannett’s only printing experience came from working for his father…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"… exhibit “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives” in Augusta in 2012. For Kate Philbrick and myself, we are incredibly thankful for your interest in this…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"“His address, as well as that of Judge Mahar of Augusta, Maine, was an eminently fitting speech, in which he paid a compliment to the people of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Rolde, Neil. An Illustrated History of Maine. Augusta, Maine: Friends of the Maine State Museum, 1995. Print. Robbins, Ryan. Bangor History."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… going to different shelters, I think that the Augusta Civic Center was one of the shelters. That was a little bit worrisome."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"The state championship was moved to the Augusta Civic Center after 2005. So a “congratulations” goes out to the boys and girls basketball teams at…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941. Heseltine, Charles D. and Robertson, Edwin B."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Franklin County, thirty-six miles northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman Hospital)…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Historical Society Company A, 1st Regiment, Augusta, ca. 1892Maine Historical Society At 6 AM on June 1, Luther and the rest of his company…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… persons who may wish to attend the State Fair at Augusta. August 25, 1870: Up to Tuesday night, 20th, the Railroad Company had driven about 500…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture for the Year 1892. Augusta, ME: Burleigh, Flynt, Printers to the State, 1893."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R_Gould"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"It is about 35 miles west of Augusta. He lived to be 82 years of age, dying on July fourth, 1809 in Bangor, Maine."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"A History of Maine Roads. Augusta, Maine, 1970. Merrill, Lincoln Jr. and Holly Hurd. Around North Yarmouth. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2006."

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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