Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of Waldo County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over…"

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… they divided the island in two, marking the area east of Somes Sound as Eden. Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot, 1862Abbe Museum Living…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would ruin the road because of the mud. According to Sam Webber."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"They were Dixfield Common or Center, East Dixfield, and Dixfield Village. Upon its incorporation on June 21, 1803, these three sections grew into…"

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…"

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…"

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

"… century, several quarries were active along East Blue Hill Road. The Darling’s Blue Hill Granite Company had a wharf at the present site of the…"

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…"

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

"It was tough to get between villages before vehicles and roads were constructed. After settling happened between the different rivers and streams…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… Telephone & Telegraph, which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area. He later sold this business to a competitor."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… has an Algonquian root, meaning "people from the east." Settlement patterns suggest a rather fluid arrangement for the Eastern Abenaki, who farmed…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"9 East Rumford, No. 12 Red Hill, and No. 13 Isthmus. Stephens High School State Champions, Rumford, 1913Greater Rumford Area Historical Society…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Located at the top of the hill about two miles east of Guilford Village and across from Guilford Industries yarn mill."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… the Long Wharf, located at the end of Elm Street East which went out into the mouth of the Souadabscook Stream toward the Penobscot River."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Lawrence Railway at Dunn’s Corner, just up the road. Their farm products would be sold in Portland. James Lawrence served six years on North…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Road to East Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"In 1863 the Covered Bridge was being built at the East Village and New Portland would have been supporting the efforts of the Civil War, probably an…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Within two years there were nine households on Mount Desert and three on the Cranberry Isles. And two years after that the island's first road…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… World War II: Woodrow Wilson: and we were on the east side of Africa…and we were on our way home…and well so the uhh…Torpedo hit u and the ship…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… the Neck in South Blue Hill and Morgan Bay in East Blue Hill. The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New…"

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

"… center of the town, between the two villages of East North Yarmouth and Walnut Hill. Today, that venerable building on Route 9 is home to the North…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… Troutt (Mattawamkeag), Morey (Millinocket), Lyon (East Millinocket), and Daniels (Sherman). This hospital continued to be a working hospital until…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Its first move was just to the east of the present day Sand Garden feature in the Asticou Azalea Gardens."