Maine Memory Network

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

"West vs. East In the mid 1800s both Walnut Hill and East North Yarmouth, four miles apart, were equally busy."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1908. King Burial GroundScarborough Historical Society & Museum Cyrus King Born in Scarborough 16 September 1772…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Lawrence River. While others looked toward the West and the new horizons, Hugh set sights on the East and the vast natural resources that would…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1972, Greater Portland Landmarks History of Cumberland County, Maine. 1880 US Census Data North Yarmouth Timeline by Elizabeth Singer Maule The Story…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… West, where crops were cheaper to grow and send east by railroad. The farmers who remained in Cumberland and North Yarmouth survived by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… in removing the dirt for a new road on the east side of the depot grounds in this village, a portion of the embankment gave way, burying three…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Road connecting Lubec and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Much of the lumber stock along the east coast was already gone. Builders looked to the vast and nearly untouched lumber resources of Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould Arthur Robinson Gould was born in East Corinth (a small town just north of Bangor) on March 16, 1857."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… died at the age of 77, and is buried in the East New Portland Cemetery. Daniel Witham Abbott was born on April 26th, 1845; he was the son of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the industry with factories on both the east and west coasts working at capacity to supply the Army and Navy with three million, one-hundred can…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… surround Islesboro: Hutchins and Little to the east; Warren, Spruce, 700 Acre, Minot, Middle, Job, Lime, Lasell, Ensign to the south; Ram and Seal…"