Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… one of the first classical academies in the District of Maine (a distinction shared with Berwick Academy, which was chartered the same day)."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… percent of Lincoln's downtown business district." The first fire "destroyed two buildings and displaced four businesses." The second fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered on the National Register of Historic Places."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… children were served by one school in the Sprague District. Lime Kiln Wharf, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society PRIPET This…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… old towns." A better life beckoned in the District of Maine, and a three dollar fare on a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"“Hallowell Historic District.” Inventory-Nomination Form. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Department of the Interior-National Park Service, 1970."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"The mission of the district is “Excellence in Education,” and Georges Valley High School strives to provide this education in a meaningful and…"

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"… Community Middle School – The six-town school district “supplied” seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, Rex Webb, and a host of his…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… less business in an already dwindling business district. Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"Jeremy Nelson started the school district, and without him, the district and schools might not have existed."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… Historical Society Maine School Administrative District # 4 M.S.A.D. #4 In 1947 the Maine State Legislature passed a law intending to create…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"District In early Lincoln, hospitals were not what they are today. They were in the homes of the doctors or nurses."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777 District of Maine map, 1795Maine Historical Society Local settlers cultivated potatoes and vegetable gardens…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against the opinions of two men when determining school business."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… County Communication Center, County Treasurer, District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Register of Probate, and the Sheriff's Department."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Register of Historic Places, as well as the Mill district. The tradition of Biddeford as a place of possibility for those seeking a better life for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… interests were to develop an attractive business district to be constructed between the canal and the Androscoggin River."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… dams, canal, mills, a power company, and a water district could not be finalized. He sought the assistance of a well-known, profitable, and…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… annexed, would go on to represent the Eastern District in Congress from 1831 to 1837. Early Settlers Many of the early settlers came from Cheshire…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… to vote for a governor, and senators for the districts. Merrill Knight was moderator of said meeting and 20 votes were recorded."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"District 7 School, Roxbury, 1915Byron Historical Society Over the years Byron has seen businesses come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"As one of the Franklin County District's handful of remaining Granges, it suffers from the effects of a declining population and lost industry."