Maine Memory Network

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"It’s a time when blacks and whites weren’t supposed to be living together in the same household. The races, even in the north that was supposedly so…"

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

"The article detailed Malaga’s history, including the myths Matt discovered, and so much more – the context of eugenics, racism, economics, and…"

Acadian Archives

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… 1936Hubbard Free Library This flood from the black and white days, was one of worst floods recorded in Maine's history."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… been at Dunstan Landing and other yards were at Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"To the best of my knowledge, that black rod iron fence on the Main Street side of the park is part of the original."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ancient volcanic basalt, black and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"As soon as we took possession, the blacks were set to work on the street, which was in a bad condition."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"A fifty-year old community of black and multi-race families was destroyed. Six months later, the State sold Malaga to the highest bidder for sixteen…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… was thrown, twigs, bark, and all, into a big black kettle and boiled on their Franklin stove. After cooking to the consistency of molasses, it was…"

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

"New Portland seems to have a rich musical history. Most of the members of these bands and orchestras lived in the North Village."

Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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