Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Jernegan, an ordained Baptist minister, came to North Lubec in 1897 and leased Hiram Comstock's grist mill at the mouth of Mill Creek, later…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Guilford Center Baptist Church, Guilford, ca. 1900Guilford Historical Society The first church was organized in Guilford Center on January 7, 1813…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… in Gothenburg, Sweden (and the leader of the Baptists in Sweden). There were so many immigrants arriving that Thomas sent an urgent message to…"

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

"… of 1997, Fernwood Grange moved to the Old Baptist Church in the East Village which was owned by the New Portland Historical Society."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Baptist Church is located just down Plymouth Avenue hill. The English-speaking Anglicans from England constructed a unique structure from stones…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"In 1912 the Baptists and Universalists voted to combine into the Congregational Union Church, with Pastor Rev. Ransom E."

Westport Island History Committee

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Universalists had eleven and one half, and the Baptists had two. Later on, the Congregational Society organized its own church with a covenant…"

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

"… houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and other public buildings, 15 barns and sheds, 10 stern mouldings…"

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

"… in East, South, and North Blue Hill, and the Baptist and Congregational churches were the center of social life and the focus of community service…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… on Islesboro is the widely popular and successful Baptist Sewing Circle. For over 150 years, local ladies have been meeting to create and fashion…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Stevens was a Baptist and was angered at the intolerance for any other denomination. In the same year the wooden academy building was sold - 1832 -…"

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

"… churches were also built in 1838; the Free Will Baptist Church and the Universalist Church. North New Portland saw the creation of the…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… ranging from Catholic to Congregational to Baptist to Methodist to Jehovah’s Witness; the Northern Maine Fair is still an important rite of summer…"