Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It was not until the advent of three summer colonies that the horse and buggy became popular. The automobile was banned from the island until 1933."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Fluckers abandoned their holdings in the American colonies and eventually returned to England, leaving Lucy the sole member of the family on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… years, John Alden and others from the Plymouth Colony visited this trading post, perhaps explaining the later arrival of southern New England…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"During the colonial period the average homestead consumed 20-30 cords of wood per year. If they had energy left they could attempt to clear and till…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a hundred and fifty years before conditions in colonial New England would allow any attempt at permanent settlement."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City Building on December 31, 1894. From the Biddeford Weekly Standard, January 4, 1895."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work. Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival…"

Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872. Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… to revoke grants to anyone who “neglect[ed]” to build on the land” for the space of halfe a year.” Later that year, residents discussed expanding…"

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

"… shops, convenience stores or empty, dilapidated buildings. A controversial trash incinerator in the heart of downtown, divisive politics, and an…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The approach to the library will be between two venerable elm trees that have stood there since the early Colonial days." Contractor F."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"1900McArthur Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca. 1905McArthur Public Library Biddeford High School &…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… it was a city department and located in the City Building. In 1894, the Mayor recommended that a private association assume the responsibility of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… acquired by Maremont Corporation and continues to build weapons under the name General Dynamics. Pepperell's saving grace was the invention and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."

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

"The so-called rusticators came to Blue Hill's summer colony on steamships that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland."

New Sweden Historical Society

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Old York Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"1910Jesup Memorial Library The Bar Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the First World War."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the Western side of the island, including Northeast Harbor and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces. The town of Southwest Harbor claims many Carroll, Stanley…"