Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… is one large post office on Main Street that services the whole town. A train from lower Maine and Massachusetts runs along the Androscoggin River…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… casted in Concord, New Hampshire was put into service in front of the Court House. The trough cost the town fathers ~ $125."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Defense of local coastlines and communities was left to town militias. The Treaty of Ghent ended the war in December 1814, but the action (or…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Trade and services were developing. A road between the two settlements was especially important because Sunday worship alternated between the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… appealing retail architecture of this regional service center. Early Twentieth-Century Ups and Downs By 1900 Bath’s population had surpassed the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… were given land in New Portland as pay for their service in the Revolutionary War. After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… President Washington organized the Revenue Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard), commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New Portland, 1948New Portland Historical Society The first house built in the North Village was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… where he would stay for the remainder of his service. The war took him to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Residents found they could be entertained at opera houses and could become engaged in community activities through various organizations such as the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof. And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street…"

Acadian Archives

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