Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"… students would ride the passenger train to attend high school in nearby Caribou. The booming businesses in Stockholm relied on the train to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"The History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine, 1878, confirms that famous hunter, Thomas Wilson, led a party consisting of Stephen Titcomb…"

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

"Compiled by Mitchell & Campbell. Brunswick, ME: H.E. Mitchell Co., 1905. Snow, John O. Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, ME: Gannett Books, 1986."

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

"… principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… the Syndicate Block in Rockland (1892), Brunswick High School (1892), and the McLain School in Rockland (1892)."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… difficulties that had plagued the Popham Colony (Brunswick) in 1606-7. He was convinced that the climate was no less harsh than that of other…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Two years Gibbs’ junior, Harry C. Wilkinson was born in Cornish in 1871, grew up in Lewiston, and graduated from Lewiston High School."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Notable examples are Deering High School (1922-23) and the Chestnut Street Methodist Church Community House (1924), both in Portland."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in 1819, traveled up the Aroostook River from New Brunswick looking for a place to set up a saw mill and lumbering operation."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Serving the high school students of Cumberland and North Yarmouth, the Greely Institute building with its distinctive belltower was built in 1868…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… stores left Bath and went to Cook's Corner and Brunswick. The purpose of the Old City Hall was to house the city government, including a mayor's…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… new location in Bath, or move to Cook's Corner in Brunswick, which was the cheaper and more financially sensible option."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and New Brunswick moved the aboriginal people inland.” Just behind the Mall along the riverbank stone tools…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… between Lubec, Maine and Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello, Lubec, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… competitive sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"1 was constructed from Cook’s Corner in Brunswick to Bath in 1937. This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… fighters should war break out along the Maine-New Brunswick borders. The state built an armory in Bangor and mustered troops there."