Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of a 50 foot square Savage family plot under a deed of trust recorded…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… lured tourists who often arrived by train from Boston, New York, Montreal and beyond. Set back on Route 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… transported people and freight to Portland, Boston and beyond, the trolleys provided easy mobility within the Greater Portland area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"In 1834, Jacob moved from Boston to Roxbury, MA. While in Roxbury, Jacob served as a pastor for the parish of a Congregational church which he also…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… to intersect roads extending inland from the Boston Post Road. Nehemiah Libby was largely responsible for Holmes Road becoming a town road, despite…"

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

"… (of Sullivan, Maine), sailed Downeast from Boston. On July 4 they established “Camp Pemetic” on Wasgatt Cove in Northeast Harbor, just south of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"After the move to Bath, William represented that town in the Massachusetts General Court in 1804 and also served twice as state senator for Lincoln…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… commissioned them for promotional purposes.Boston Public Library There was one of the finest masquerade balls ever given at Bar Harbor at Mrs."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"In 1874, she moved to Portland, Maine, where she spent seven years as the literary editor of the Daily Advertiser."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"They spent much of their time in Surry, welcomed by delegates of Maine officials and housed in Nowick’s old cow barn converted for the special guests."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… five or six woodcasters continually running to Boston, and even a larger number running to Rockland with kiln wood."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"He also wrote about a trip to Boston on a steamer, Andrew Jackson monetary policy, his foray into cutting cord wood, picking up lumber and other…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Boston : Samuel G. Drake, c1873. Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The Boston Symphony was playing regularly by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and traveling theater companies were visiting the village."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"When the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. His plan was to use the building for a summer theatre."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… Historical Society Among the earliest of the Boston rusticators to retreat to Mount Desert Island each summer was landscape engineer Joseph Henry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"Bussey completed the house and in 1844 sold the property to Captain Edward Robinson, a successful captain and shipbuilder elected to Congress in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"She attended many outdoor trade shows in Boston, New York and Philadelphia where she regaled visitors with stories about the Maine woods."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… plots for development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Designed by well-known architects, on often vast acreages, these…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They eventually shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Boston and Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along…"