Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies. Another industry along the Bombahook, the Kennebec Light and Heat Company, was the first…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… for Benedict Arnold’s ill-fated assault on Quebec City in 1775, joined with several others to explore northwestern Maine."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"The former MSAD 39 (now the Nezinscot Region) has traditionally been allied with the Oxford Hills school district, and continues to send both its…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Bangor was already a summer destination, and adventurous families soon discovered Ryder’s Cove, just across Penobscot Bay."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He came to Lincoln when he was 44 years old. He was the oldest of nine kids. His brother’s names were: Samuel, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, and William."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Mailing saves a lot of money and time. Howard Annis's Store, Lincoln, 1930Lincoln Historical Society The last reason I think the postal service…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The ringing of the Steamer bell called out the firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… Society and hearing his incredible stories of the city's history." -Brooke Faulkner, Young Adult Librarian Renee, Sean & Brody scan negatives X…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"Desert, Little Buttercup, Acadia, and Queen City of Bangor all running to and from this port.” City of Richmond steam ship, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"Topics and people discussed include: Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis 18th century Bangor announcements 1837 profile of Bangor Samuel Budge Nath…"

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

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

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… being so new, and Lincoln being so far from other cities. In today’s time, however, hospitals are very different."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… isolated island far from Boston and the major cities of the time. Dr. Kendall Kittridge ChairGreat Harbor Maritime Museum The women worked…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… the railroad opened up the Midwest to the major cities and produce from Maine was not in as much demand as it once was or all of a sudden Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… on reaching Bangor to behold such a large city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything that my eyes beheld was a continual…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… sustained in an automobile accident in New York City and is interred in a private mausoleum in the Bronx."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(M) Downs, Jacques M. The cities on the Saco. Norfolk, Va.: Donning Company, 1985. (N, A) Emery, Edwin. The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Ed."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… position itself as “the amusement center of the city” and that it “will mark a new era in the history of summer vaudeville entertainment.” This…"

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

"The trolleys also allowed residents to visit area amusement parks and beaches for pleasure at an affordable cost."

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

"to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and adjacent to Route 198 that culminated in the conservation in perpetuity along a two mile corridor…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"After two years of doing this in the Minneapolis city engineer's office he entered the field himself."

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

"Rufus King relocated to New York City two years after his 1786 marriage to Mary Alsop, daughter of wealthy New York merchant John Alsop."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The city's population, during this trying economic time, grew very slowly from 28749 in 1930 to 29822 in 1940."