Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… Civil War (1860-1864) marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities. Their boat the Sunbeam provided periodic transportation, as well as teachers…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Society Probably because Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth, East Surry residents tended to be affluent, and…"

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Hill, Surry Historical Society. Wasson, Sam, East Surry, Maine: 27 Decades Of History 1613 to 1883, Surry Historical Society."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used to run right down the rocks and everything and in the wintertime we’d slide down it."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… ceremony at the town memorial park, people walk down to the fisherman’s co-op wharf and watch a wreath being thrown into the harbor commemorating…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… all I remember of that because...they tore it down after that." Red Men's Hall, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"The kids from Stonington High School used to come down once a year on the steamboat and they’d play, come up and play different, you know, their…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Donald LeMoine is heading down Steamboat Hill Road. It is one of the better sledding roads in Swan's Island Village except that it ends at the water."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"This work ethic was passed down from generation to generation. The fishing industry is a good example of the islanders' self sufficiency."

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

"… all the stone was eventually moved on rails down the hill to be cut into pavers. Finally, the granite was loaded onto barges to be shipped to New…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"This water froze over to create a popular skating destination for islanders. After the quarry shut down entirely, its water level remained high…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… accommodate the large number of cars heading down-east via the Carlton Bridge, a new route for U.S. 1 was constructed from Cook’s Corner in…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Cunningham Ridge using timbers that Fred hauled down from Newport. The mill came with a six-cylinder Plymouth engine and they used the mill to cut…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry. When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of engineering…"

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

"… Road across from the cemetery until it burned down in the early 1900s. One can imagine Phebe and her friends giggling as they passed notes in the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… destroyed all of that block of Centre Street east to Front Street. Former Town/City Hall, Bath, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"In 1975, a brick extension was added to the east side. The current building is made of brick on a granite foundation and is notable for its granite…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… still acts as the point of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and all the way up…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"Camden, Me.: Down East, 2009. Print. Research and exhibit by Taylor Thomas-Marsh, Gina Sabatini, and Jodi Baker at College of the Atlantic."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Learn More

"Canoe Indians of Down East Maine, by William H. Haviland, The History Press, 2012. Abbe Museum Publications Abbe Museum website"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"However, the citizens of the area then known as East Strong foresaw no benefit from a bridge. They lived on the east side of the river and saw no…"

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

""Oasis of Wilderness." Down East Magazine, September, 1995. Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine."