Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports. By 1782, for example, Reuben Colburn from Pittston, the same Reuben…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Muzzrole, from microfilm in the Boston Public Library. Copied from the internet, January 20, 2013, by Lorraine Robichaud Legere."

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

"At this time a back to the land movement of sorts emerged. So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from…"

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

"Eustis went to Boston to attend an exhibition of bells and bought the winner in a contest for the best tone."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy, of Boston, was hired to assess a suitable location for a new, larger water reservoir to meet the growing…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"Lapham, Press of the Maine Farmer, Boston, MA. 1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story…"

Norway Memorial Library

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Bowdoin College Library

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

"… to the distribution centers of Portland and Boston, bypassing the locals. The loss of the local fishing industry devastated many small coastal…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… On February 1 the Herald quoted a January 21st Boston Globe headline, “Food Fast Vanishing in Snowbound Town.” The Globe wrote that Lubeckers were…"

Greater Portland Landmarks

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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

"in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and…"

William Fogg Public Library

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

"… Extraction of Gold and Silver from Sea Water, Robinson Press, Boston, 1898. Johnson, Ryerson & Lois, 200 Years of Lubec History 1776 – 1976, 1976."

Porter Memorial Library

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Bridgton Historical Society

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

"Several generations of Dolloffs used the premises primarily as a dairy farm. Although son Harry moved to Gray after he married and the girls moved to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Steamships traveled from Boston, Massachusetts to Bangor, Maine. Parker Point had its own wharf where a steamship transported people to and from…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Colby College Special Collections

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St. Croix Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Kneisel worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a concertmaster and assistant conductor. He founded the Kneisel Quartet, a string quartet musical…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"On December, 30, 1955 the Syracuse Nationals played the Boston Celtics as their first NBA regular season game. The Celtics won 110-103."