Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… and enjoy the cold water of the Carrabassett River and take in the splendor of the old bridge. In the book by Roland E."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… the cars had crashed and slid to the bank of the river. It took three hours to free Green. He was then taken to a nearby barn and died three days…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… cutter USS Delaware patrolling the Potomac River. Harbor Cottage Northeast Harbor MaineNortheast Harbor Library A.C."

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

"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17. Sanford and their infant daughter Leila both died…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… home safely but tragically drowned in the Royal River in 1868. His death was noted in a diary kept by Ellen Marston, the fiancée of his brother…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"John River and then back into the United States duty free. The farmers in the area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a boat launch was installed on the Piscataquis River. In 1992, Pride Manufacturing’s purchase of the former Ethan Allen plant in Burnham…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… with a conservation easement through the Royal River Conservation Trust. Through generous donations by many individuals and support from the Town…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… two smaller buildings closer to the Piscataquis River were later replaced. The Scales building that still exists today, a brick structure, sits…"

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

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… promoted by the landscape painters of the Hudson River School and writings of John Ruskin. Magazine and newspaper reporters described the places…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from Prospect to Buckport, just upriver of Fort Knox."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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

"It was tough to get between villages before vehicles and roads were constructed. After settling happened between the different rivers and streams…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… pleasantly situated on a tributary to the James River. It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… Historic Landmark X Picnic by the Piscataquis River, and travel back in time on the beautiful covered bridge by car or driving ATV."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… the eastern side of the mouth of the Spurwink River. X The Middleton struck a ledge off Higgins Beach and sustained a large hole in the bow…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… miles from it's junction with the Carrabassett River. Gilman Stream rises in Lexington and provided good water power."

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… the two factions living on either side of the river at Farmington Falls. The community of Farmington Falls consisted of a number of mills and a dam…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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