Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"… seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were desperate to have train service and approached the New Brunswick Railway (later known as the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thieves in Bangor, ca. 1865

"13 is Cornelius Sullivan, "the most daring and desperate shaved head ever in Bangor." Martin often made disparaging remarks about Irish immigrants."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… Emerson Baker observed, “the Kennebec Proprietors desperately sought” to secure their own claims against “the opposing claims of the Pejepscot…"

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

"… is deceitful above all things, and I may add, desperately wicked." By December, however, the General Court ended any further controversy, declaring…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Historical Society Not everyone came out of desperation. Some, like Charles and Benjamin Vaughan, came to advance property interests inherited…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… one last effort to win back paying patrons, a desperate plea in the guise of a newspaper promotion which boasted that Riverside Park would position…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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