Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"As Maine developed in the 40's and 50's Ridlonville lost many businesses to Rumford. Social activities also moved across the river."

Belfast Free Library

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Westbrook Historical Society

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Tate House Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"In the rural development of Maine before the Civil War, the Greek Revival cape style house enjoyed widespread popularity."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… granddaughter of businessman Asa Clapp, the daughter of real estate developer Charles Q. Clapp, and the wife of tobacco merchant John B. Carroll."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… that of the International Style he had helped to develop in Europe. Between 1937 and 1941, Eaton Tarbell learned the principles of modernism that…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"This struggle over who had the right to develop the Eastward led to a formal petition in 1731 by Massachusetts to the King’s attorney and solicitor…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… escape to unspoiled nature from their rapidly developing urban surroundings. One place they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… A third important friendship that Charles developed was with renowned landscape gardener and Bar Harbor summer resident Beatrix Farrand…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Rockefeller developed a passion for the landscape and immediately involved himself with plans to preserve it."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… of Western Maine contributed to the successful development of the community. Granite left behind after the ice age formed much of the landscape."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Improvement Company was formed to sell plots for development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Presque Isle, the Hub of Aroostook County.” The development of Presque Isle which received its first settlers in 1819 and Aroostook County which…"

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

"… this same time, the settlement of Cumberland was developing several miles south. Although less than four miles separated these early villages…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Its cultural development continued with the advent of The Surry Theatre in 1928, which later became The Surry Playhouse, perhaps foreshadowing the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… owes its settlement, financial growth, and social development to its location on the Androscoggin River, and its tributaries of the Ellis River on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"The fish weir industry developed around 1915 and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… South Lincoln impacted my life because it helped develop the town that I go to school in. Maybe if the spool mill didn’t draw in people to work…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Settlement and development of New Sweden, and other towns in the Colony, continued at a brisk pace. By 1880 the population had grown to 787 and 4,438…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… oral histories, business records, and ephemera to develop our exhibits. We appreciate the assistance of many extended family members and the expert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… Desert Island Historical Society were used to develop this history. Of particular importance are materials and memories from the collections of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… past and present, can tell, and how we might need to look to these examples of reinvention as we develop our communities in the future. Sources..."