Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… and Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915) of Portland. Later on other famous artists, including Frederick Church (1826-1900), would be included in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The loss of the local fishing industry devastated many small coastal communities. Shipbuilders, Kennebunkport, 1901Brick Store Museum The…"

Walker Memorial Library

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Westbrook Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Rising Tide View of the City of Bangor, 1837Bangor Historical Society "The mission of the men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to…"

Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"What came into Hallowell were product such as cloth, wine, sugar loaves, molasses, rum, shoes, tools, different types of food that they did not…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"The earliest settlers in the Western Foothills were of predominantly English extraction, and most arrived in the late 1780’s and early 1790’s, many…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… was one of these people that helped the great city of Bangor become better-known. Curtis was an American commercial businessman and was mainly…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… suggested the name for one of the German free cities because of its shape, location and the fact that trading was as “free” as anywhere in the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… On October 29, 1819, a convention held in Portland created a Constitution of the State of Maine, which gave voting rights to “every male citizen of…"