Maine Memory Network

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Early Government In 1805, riders brought official papers from Boston to Paris proclaiming the founding of Oxford County, and Paris Hill as the county…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… "hitch," Luther arrived back home again in early August. in November he mustered into the new 11th Maine Volunteer Regiment, where he would stay…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The early settlers wanted a Village Center and Mr. Church made that happen. His wish was to have a burial ground, a meeting house, and a green space…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… Among the important names found in the early records of Hampden is the name John Crosby, originally from Woolwich, Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"If he hadn’t taught in those early years, his pupils probably wouldn’t have gotten the same education and the whole school would have ended up…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Nathaniel Bodwell came to Lincoln as early as 1830 to run a carding mill. He ran the mill until 1855."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… Read, and he organized the first meeting with early settlers. Other ministers, including those from the Congregational Church, used the church…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"He also urged them to settle high on the hills, knowing that the Androscoggin and Swift Rivers often flooded in early spring."

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

"Although less than four miles separated these early villages, covering ground between the two was extremely difficult."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"A family of seven lost there home when a large tree flattened their modest home on Academy Street. News Paper Report At 2:00 PM yesterday morning…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… elm trees that have stood there since the early Colonial days." Contractor F. A. Rummery of Portland built the library for $15,578, and an…"

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

"The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of Edinburgh. In 1704, Johathan Belcher, later Governor of Massachusetts, was made a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… employing the decorative Queen Anne style in the early 1880s, he joined a generation of talented young architects in developing the Shingle Style…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"(More About Farmington's Early Agriculture) Walton's Mill in winterFarmington Historical Society During the winter of 1780, the stones for the…"

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

"… 1636-1936, William Rowe observed that “In early New England the history of the church is the history of the community.” This is particularly true…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… By today’s standards, late 1800s and even early 1900s rural life may have seemed harsh and austere, but life also was less hurried."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"By the early 1950s most of these small, independent schools had disappeared. Some were demolished; others were used for other purposes in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… still resonate today with the names of the early settlers such as Severy, Morse, Hannaford, Walker, Hiscock, and Science Hill."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"1950Ambajejus Boom House Museum It was in the early 1900s when they logged and worked very hard along the Kennebec River."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Unfortunately the Guilford Center School met an early demise as it became the first casualty of fire in 1825."

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

"… but a truck and fire station were acquired in the early 1950s. Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a deputy sheriff in the…"