Maine Memory Network

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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

"(That stone now stands across the street in the “heater” at Main Street and Blanchard Road.) Cumberland Center had a blacksmith shop located at the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Early Schools Text By: Kathy Lambert Return to Online Exhibits The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"The early Town Warrants tell us the town hired Henry to build a box for their town records and to make a roller for the town maps."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… of cotton to European interests for high profits early in the war, but later ran out of stock for production."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… features more than 300 pictures and postcards of early Caribou and the surrounding areas. The library is a hub of activity for area residents of…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle the area known as Upsala. The population in 1890 was 66, by 1900 it was 191."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"The hall was originally built in the early 1920s by the Odd Fellows and they operated it for ten years."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"The famous American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson and his family built an 18-room house on the island in 1904 after a successful stay at the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… and North American RR European and North American Railroad Western Depot, Bangor, 1904Bangor Public Library The European and North American…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

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

"Former Town/City Hall, Bath, ca. 1933Patten Free Library Downtown Centre Street, Bath, 1948Patten Free Library The Grant Building was built at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… from the beginning of 1752 to the start of the American revolution. Bowdoin was a leader who raised considerable amounts of money, and served on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Vose was in Thomaston as early as 1787, and acted as Knox’s agent while he was building Montpelier, so the two men had a long standing work…"

Davistown Museum

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Abbe Museum

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"X ELM STREET BUSINESSES Tina Welts House on Elm Street, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Elm Street Businesses…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Quigley, received a Class A rating by the American College of Physicians and Surgeons. This was accompanied by the establishment of a permanent lay…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… was built in 1848 on a knoll overlooking Depot Street and Main Street. The church was dedicated in 1849."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Wilson Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The area’s Native Americans had begun much of the arduous work Farmington’s forefathers needed to establish solid roots for a quickly thriving…"

Hampden Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… fine evening during a concert, a group of “Young Americans”, who seem to think the occasion to “run riot over the Common, yelling lustily”."