Maine Memory Network

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

"… disappear among the tribal bands to the north and east; their culture and customs only to be puzzled out through the archaeological record and the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Half of their business was in the Far East: particularly China, India, and Southeast Asia. Tremendous numbers of workers were needed for the textile…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… interior lands were referred to at that time as east or west Saco--after their orientation to the river."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that they worked. If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"of New York opened the Baird’s Quarry in Minturn in 1901. It was one of 2 major commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… group of actors, directors and producers from New York City pulled together a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… attention with coverage on CBS news, in the New York Times, People Magazine, Opera News, and the Boston Globe."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… BIW went into receivership and was sold to a New York firm that salvaged much of its machinery. Then, in 1927, BIW was resurrected by William S."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Williams, Gregory Howard, Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black, 1995, Plume Books, New York."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… Land Speculators on the New England Frontier (New York: New York University Press, 2019). Alan Taylor, Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"New York: Arno Press, A New York Times Co., 1982. “Hallowell Boys At Home and Abroad.” Hallowell Register (May 17, 1884)."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"An author, she traveled and lectured extensively on East Asia. Her daughter Helen Baker Cushman donated the ensemble to Portland's Westbrook College…"

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

"New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol. II, 114. Centervale Farm - Business and Retail Center X Shops at Bessey Square X"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"New York, N.Y.: Newcomen Society of the United States, c2000. Print. Haley, John West. The Rebel yell & the Yankee hurrah: the Civil War journal of a…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… becomes a tropical depression again and is moving East South East at 9 MPH with 35 MPH winds. Tropical depression Edna dies out off the coast of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… support of the Leon Levy Foundation of New York, the Maine Memory Network's Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database launched in January…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… came into Hallowell were from New Bedford, New York, Boston, North Yarmouth, Salem, Portland, East Port, Witheren Falmouth, Fowler Salisbury…"

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

"He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United States Senate, resigning in 1796 to become United States Minister to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Thomas Barclay (1753-1830), loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward Chipman (1754-1824), loyalist of Massachusetts and New…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Delegates from Cumberland, Lincoln and York counties attempted to move forward with separation, leaving Washington and Hancock counties as part of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The boundaries were Webb River on the east, northerly by the line separating Mexico from Plantation No 7, now Roxbury, and continuing on the line…"

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

"Louis, and eight shiploads of paving stones for New Orleans. Carrying stone over water was sometimes perilous: stone sloops sank more readily than…"