Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"Eureka Hall, Stockholm Eureka Hall X This building is now known to all of us as a nice family, sit-down restaurant in downtown Stockholm, Maine."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Mills and Homes in Stockholm Collins Lumber Mill, Stockholm. c. 1940Stockholm Historical Society The town of Stockholm once was a booming town…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"Originally awarded to Plymouth Colony, which used the land to engage in fur trade with the Wabanakis, until four Boston Merchants bought it in 1661…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"It was a typical colonial American town, well placed along trade routes and a bustling hub. Lumber was one of the earliest and most successful…"

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…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… grant of Land from the King to the Plymouth Colony to trap fur. Maine Historical Society But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North American…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… from Québec and Acadia—the Massachusetts Bay colony claimed jurisdiction over the region. The New Englanders’ ambitions to dominate the Dawnland…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Though short-lived, that British colony marked the beginning of more permanent settlement along the western side of the river in what became known as…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… specifically, England eventually stripped its colonial charter in 1684, and the former colony was left legally undefined."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Courtesy of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting was not only a local, state or national trade, ice was shipped all over the world as far as South America, India and China."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… by settlers who sought to reside, plant or trade on Wabanaki lands. These acts incorporated settlers into existing Indigenous economic and social…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean Baptiste Neptune worked…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… to the Marquis, or as an early example of the colonial revival movement. Dress worn at English court, ca."

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…"

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…"

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."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Two other villages successfully developed summer colonies -- Northeast and Seal harbors. In 1869 the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system. To overcome colonists’ suspicions that they were being overcharged on…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Historical Society As with other areas in colonial America, much of the trade was done by bartering."