Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… During the rest of the 1980s and into the early 1990s the SOC continued to tour, performing many times in both the USSR and Japan and throughout…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"As the settlements grew, attention was given to roads and ferries. In 1658, the Massachusetts court passed an ordinance requiring ferries for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… Point in 1635 and remained involved in the early settlement for nearly forty years. And then there was Uphannum, or Indian Jane, daughter of the…"

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

"As settlement spread to the far-flung reaches of North Yarmouth, travel to attend church and town meetings became increasingly difficult."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… While the boundary dispute slowed American settlement of the area, the Massachusetts and Maine governments saw the region as theirs and encouraged…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Early on, Joseph Fairbanks lived by buying and selling stock, frequently driving cattle to Quebec City."

Acadian Archives

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

"… begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some twenty years earlier. As the island filled with summer residents, many additional…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… on each of these settlements, please visit Early Settlements. During the Civil War, or War of Rebellion as it was called by the North at the time…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… preclude extensive agriculturally based European settlement until after the Civil War, although Acadians had lived along the St."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… having many children and impacting the early settlement of the area. Captain Josiah Parker died in 1858 at the age of 93, and is buried in the East…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… his desire for music and education to a young settlement. And provided support to the town while it was considering becoming an “official” town…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… Why did Aaron Woodbury choose Lincoln to make a settlement? Some reasons Aaron Woodbury might have come to Lincoln is that Lincoln had cheap land…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine From Its First Settlement in 1779 to the Present Time , by William B."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Early Settlement With its 95 miles of shoreline, fresh and tidal wetlands, and waters teeming with herring, pollock and shellfish the area drew its…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… at this point to take their revenge by attacking settlements in the southern part of the state. The conflict escalated to the point that the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Loring Family Settlement: 1781 – 1876 In the latter part of the eighteenth century, families began moving inland to the back lots of Ancient North…"