Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"Maine was declared a disaster area. Now there were 270,000 outages of power and 500,000 people are without power! Over 11,000 Canadian troops came to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… informing him that “the River Penobscot has always been deem'd and declared to be the Western boundary of Accadia or Nova Scotia.”"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… residents took matters into their own hands, declaring in their own “Leagual Town Meeting” that the (still unincorporated) town would assume the…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… continued all of Maine sixteen counties were declared federal disaster areas. Chainsaws became more hard to get for all the demands for them so…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… in January 1839, painter Paul Delaroche declared, "From today, painting is dead." Yet the daguerreotype would not replace the artist’s hand, but…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"Declaration of IndependenceMaine State Archives Nonetheless, North Yarmouth remained as the surviving town, and retained legal possession of the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"O’Brien declared the electrophone a success with a great demand for them. The Johnson Shoe Factory was started in 1887 by the Johnson twins, William…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… the General Court ended any further controversy, declaring it "inexpedient to adopt any further measures in regard to separation" and the movement…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… Massachusetts gubernatorial elections were also declared a day to vote on Maine's separation.[21] With more than half the voting population casting…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Washburn declared this its “Greatest Day”. The big red trolley cars were greeted very enthusiastically with bunting and flags, speeches, dignitaries…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… at least half a score of lesser conflicts since declaring its independence from Great Britain. Since its original settlement, Guilford has watched…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"for fire personnel to declare the fire ended. In the Times newspaper commemorative interview on July 20, 1988, with Elmire Kimball, a 5-year-old…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"“That’s a story best left untold,” she declared. Then she hung up. Descendants, on the other hand, while not always eager to talk and be…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The Minister declared “The cup would stay”, “Well at least they were drinking pure water with their whiskey.” Later when the Main Street was widened…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"George Harding declared the tree ‘as fine a tree as had ever been submitted’. The tree that was chosen was a 70 foot white spruce from the Elmbrook…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"A month later, Austria declared war on Serbia, leading into World War I. This all happened in the year of 1914 and continued until 1918."

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

"Opposing President Madison's declaration of war on Great Britain, Governor Strong would not allow the Massachusetts militia to leave the state and…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"“To the descendants,” he declared, “I will tell you as a governor, I will say, we apologize for this hardship we have caused you."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"While the newspapers declared the islanders to be "lazy" and "shiftless,’" Rob Sanford says the artifacts point to an industrious, hard-working…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court declaring allegiance to Massachusetts and requesting that settlers be confirmed in their land…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… petitioned the Massachusetts General Court declaring allegiance to that state and requesting that settlers’ land holdings be legalized."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… of the report on “The Sardine Industry” in 1900 declared this: “The great object of combining the Sardine industry under the control of one…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… answered their country's call when Congress declared war on the Central Powers in April 1917. Like the Spanish American war of 1898, Bangor…"

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