Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… of men who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"Program cover ca. 1930 All roads lead to the Surry PlayhouseSurry Historical Society Despite the Great Depression, the Surry Theater Company…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"If it was deep in the forest, roads were needed to be built. Then a group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!)."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… at the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road. The British left a cannon ball hole in the warehouse and pillaged the town."

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

"Eliphalet Greely, born on Greely Road in Cumberland in 1784, was president of Casco National Bank for 33 years and mayor of Portland for ten years."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was partly due to town road improvements, which eliminated the need to close school for up to five weeks during “mud” season."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… stood on the corner of Main Street and Roxbury Road and sold medical supplies, codfish, tea, molasses, rum, hardware, and bolts of cloth."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… on the corner of Main Street and Parker Point Road that opened its doors in 1939. It is now widely recognized as among the busiest small-town…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"That small brick structure set back away from the road. The flames however crossed Main Street and took the Baptist Church, stayed on the west side…"

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

"The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block (Kennison's Drugstore). This building that was built by Dennis was later taken down."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Road connecting Lubec and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Colby College Special Collections

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… several quarries were active along East Blue Hill Road. The Darling’s Blue Hill Granite Company had a wharf at the present site of the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"With steel in short supply, none was used in the construction, and over the years the building has needed extensive repair because of the lack of…"

Acadian Archives

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

"… carriages on rough, bumpy, steep buckboard roads. Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor."

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

"… localized to the church at the Route 9/Blanchard Road intersection. Cumberland Map X Cumberland’s Secession: 1821 This church split…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road. The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of town, with a…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Col. F. B. Morse who lived on the South road, came forward with the idea of a suspension or wire bridge."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Small lots with road frontage were sold piece-meal, often referencing Belcher's Field. That field was later known as Pratt's Field and was used by…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… village was the geographic center with a state road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Poor roads, few motor vehicles, and no snow plows made travel difficult. Later when travel became easier, the towns remained insular."

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

"… work on building the islands network of carriage roads. He saw in JDR, Jr., a kindred spirit who not only loved the natural, wild parts of the…"