Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"The trip was anything but routine and the boat she was on was torpedoed and sunk. Mattie and other survivors spent ten hours in a lifeboat before…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The theater had a pitched roof, beamed ceiling, and square platform stage. For the elite set, there were reserved chairs in the front rows covered by…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The families of these men were highly affected. It was all men, so those women and children would have to step up and do extra chores and duties to…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Later came winches, buckets and sluices. In the early Seventies, John McCurdy installed a major innovation, illustrated at the end of Part II."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite and limestone quarries employed locals in quarrying and Maine ships in the carrying trade. Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"In 1750, the Settlers of Harpswell established their own separate parish, and, eight years later, incorporated as a distinct town."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The ferries came to Lincoln in the mid 1800s. There were three ferries in Lincoln; one in North Lincoln, another in South Lincoln, and the other one…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were…"

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

"… and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The large engraving is accompanied by two smaller framed pictures, showing…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… the library got computers for public use, and a boat launch was installed on the Piscataquis River."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far more developed than Flagg’s Point (Lubec)."

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

"… the unusually high tides, swift currents and good boat service between Eastport and Lubec would facilitate successful operation of the plant."