Maine Memory Network

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… hill for the non-skier, and a modern, up-to-date lodge for dining and après-ski events. The mountains surrounding Rumford, including Black…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"The date of original construction is somewhat unclear, but believed to be 1891. One piece of evidence, a diary written by Nelson Rose who lived in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"The dates vary in Martin's writing. The bylaws at the end further expand Martin's sense of the propriety and social status of dancing, as he calls…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… Society and Maine State Museum Events and their dates are the most interesting points the mind dwells on and all history is based on these points."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… to a Bar Harbor Record newspaper article dated 1898 and entitled "Harbor Cottage. An Old Landmark Which is Being Remodeled," A.C."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… doesn't mention the Model school until 1917, the dates on the two pictures indicate that the Model School was in operation many years before that…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(Letter dated Feb. 1860) Supposing you would like particulars, I will mention some of the changes, and events that have transpired among us during…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 1953 that one of the most impressive additions to date was added when a modern gymnasium was constructed reducing the need for sporting events…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a keeper’s house were complete though the exact date of first illumination is lost to history. Second tower 1837, courtesy Pike & Alden…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… important details about his life such as his rank in the army, siblings and parents. It also includes his birth records such as date and place."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The date of the first Guilford Fair is uncertain but appears to have been some time in the late 1800’s."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… were some of the earliest, and the first recorded dates of Catholicism in Lincoln. The Native Americans were the first recorded people to have the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"Prior to that date, high school students in Rumford attended Stephens High School. Whether it was Stephens High or Rumford High, there has always…"

Acadian Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… as it was spelled in the Act of Incorporation dated June 21, 1811, was the 188th town in Maine and included Dudley, Frederic, Mark and Roger’s…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… in a newspaper article, but no official recorded date can be found. In terms of the building itself, the Music Hall was a fairly large, rectangular…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The date of the first Guilford Fair is uncertain but appears to have been some time in the late 1800’s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… and Breadth of Maine, by Stanley Bearce Attwood, printed by the Kennebec Journal Print Shop, Augusta, Maine, no date listed; pages 27 and 218."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"His enlistment date was August 14th of 1862, and he was assigned to G. Company, in the 16th Maine Infantry."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… by the farmers were used as money at a later date. Ezekiel Porter, whom Porter Hill is named after, is known to have cut “a hundred ton of hay” as…"

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

"New Portland had many orchestras, the first dating in the late 1800’s. May baskets were hung on doors every single year."

Bangor Public Library

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