Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… throughout downtown Bangor and up Center Street Hill as far as Broadway Park. According to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"Others, John Gilley of Beech Hill among them, joined the First Maine Cavalry. John did not survive. He died of his wounds in 1864, at age 45."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… later become Cumberland, as well as of the Walnut Hill area. The concept of a social library established by proprietors who paid a fee to belong…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Freight service consisted on one train a day every day covering the entire route. Trains frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"During the war, even the lights on the Thomas Hill Standpipe, which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… after our Community Meeting, team member Steven Hill, Greely Middle School history teacher, somehow managed to weave into his lesson plan a session…"

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

"Fort Hill, Biddeford, ca. 1906McArthur Public Library An example of this were Captain Benjamin Hooper and his sea coast patrol company "to Defend…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… forced to store artifacts in the former Ballard Hill School, and LHS meetings had to be held in the library once again."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"George River in what was later to become known as the Prison Quarry. The lime industry soon became a staple of the economy, which continues to this…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Harbor, and the Baptist, on Meeting House Hill in The Center, between Somesville and Seal Cove."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He also built sawmills and houses for different people and organizations. This topic connects to my life because I drive by Fish Hill everyday."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"Walnut Hill StoreNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Col. True's blacksmith shopCumberland Historical Society Village centers began to develop…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… upper left of the program, lists a Automobile Hill Climbing Contest at 3:30 PM. The winner of ther "slow" high gear climb was Carleton Pike, who…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… purchased land and built houses in the Walnut Hill area of North Yarmouth. In “Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine”, Rev."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Gould Hill Bridge: The Gould Hill Bridge, also known as on of the Twin Bridges, was also constructed by the Maine State Highway Commission."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Some vessels were built in the vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… for grammar, punctuation, or spelling.) Lawsons Hill Vir. 11 Oct Dear Mother, I received your epistle of the 6th, and A little fellow in it that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… one room, painted red, and stood at the top of a hill. Abbott School, Mexico, ca. 1930Mexico Historical Society One of the earliest schools…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Scattered farms were located just “above the hill” going towards Carthage and Weld. Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The F.D. Morrill Greenhouse on Walnut Hill Road in North Yarmouth produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county seat. The inhabitants of Plantation Number One were ordered by the treasurer of the new…"