Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… of certain historical categories, such as early settlement sites or locations of school districts, but also to provide a geographic context of how…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… another blow to the local & state economies as early as the 1940's, and certainly through the 1980's and 1990's."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the southern New England tribes' names for the Wabanakis --…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Water Transportation (Transportation), and Early Settlements (Settlements). X Students from the Islesboro Central School United States History…"

Davistown Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… Library Fire Department In the early years of settlement fireplaces were the common means to heat homes and businesses."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… Jonathan Fisher House The First Years European settlement at Blue Hill began in the spring of 1762 when Joseph Wood and John Roundy sailed…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Scarborough, a town of three settlements of over one hundred houses and 1,000 cattle, had been destroyed."

Westport Island History Committee

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

"ca. 1930Stockholm Historical Society Settlement of wooded lots that were being cleared for farms began in 1881."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… role in Maine’s history, both as a means for settlement of the area and later, one upon which over a thousand vessels were launched and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… borders were assured that they would join other settlements along their banks in developing the new frontier."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… You Like It, and many others were put on in the early years. For 16 summers the Surry Theater thrilled audiences of 300 with a taste of Broadway on…"

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

"According to the census reports from the early 19th century, Phebe’s brothers were fishermen and farmers."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Before European settlements, Skowhegan Island was used as a route by Native Americans on their annual trip to the seacoast."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… the region and as a result there were no lasting settlements east of Castine. In the 1750’s the British won the third French and Indian War."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois (Seboeis), Piscataquis (Howland-Enfield)…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding, shipping and quarrying provided the…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was especially true in the early 1940s as evidenced by the following records of Surry students: 1940 Sylvia Whitney, Valedictorian;1942, George…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… the stream in the community was constructed, settlement and development of Stockholm (in both residential and industrial sectors) took off."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Rev. Seth Noble, the settlement's first permanent minister, arrived in 1786 and insisted on calling the village Sunbury."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"In the early settlement of Hallowell, the area around Bombahook and Vaughan Stream was a scene of considerable activity."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Mexico Education was key in this new settlement. Instructions were given in private homes by citizens and parents with slightly more education than…"