Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"Scarborough Historical Society (L to R) Bruce Thurlow, Mary Pickard and Flo Maguire, Scarborough Historical Society Representatives X Bruce…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"Scarbrough Middle School Jessica Kelly (L) and Middle School students X Jessica Kelly, Gifted and Talented Educational Services (GATES) teacher…"

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

"Historical Overview The Twenty-First Century Scarborough Professional Gateway located on Haigis Parkway X Residential and commercial growth…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the area now known as Pond Road near Norton Hill Road Dist.# 8 - Taylor Hill was the location of another rural school for a time."

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Ten days later, Dr. Wilson G. Smillie penned a letter to the State Commissioner of Education explaining that the flagpole had been erected in memory…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… was located on the street that we call Norton Hill today. In winter, trains were warm and were lit with kerosene lanterns."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston. His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Olin is honored to this day by having his name listed on the African-American Civil War Monument in Washington, D.C."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Considered modern for its day, it was built by Jesse M. Ray for $2000.00, and it sported an attached three hole air conditioned toilet."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"After seeing the TV movie The Day After and its depiction of nuclear holocaust in 1983, Nowick planned an ambitious 12 concert series including all…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"They did that because they had nothing else to do when they had eaten lunch. The next day they were sicker than dogs! Edwena’s family worked for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… View of Main Street Ridlonville from Day Hill, 1908Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… along with other family members up the hill to Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor Maine – Savages seem to be always on the move, dead or alive…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"The origin of this name is not known to present day historians but an interesting story has been told regarding it."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"… education at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill. While Henry was a student, President Lincoln issued a call for 15,000 volunteers to serve…"

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"… a very low altitude, with students at the Ballard Hill School being able to look right into his cockpit, he then turned the plane upside down and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… that the pulpit was on the western slope of a hill and that there was space to seat "ten thousand" people."

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

"… Yarmouth to the early inland settlement of Walnut Hill in present-day North Yarmouth. Leaving the cluster of houses and businesses near the shore…"

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

"Gilkey Hill is named after Edward’s family who resided in the area for many years. Gorham Parks Fassett was born on July 23, 1839."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Twelve Lubec school children drowned that day, June 19, 1936. A summer day, after school ended for the year, created for picnics and the usually…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Turk (Mount Turk and Broad), Whaleback, Durham Hill, Hedgehog Hill, Pleasant, and Record are a few."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to Poplar Hill. There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to the north side…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Fred Savage, which is still located at 2 Asticou Hill Trail on the corner of Asticou Way and Asticou Hill trail."