Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… provision so long as no damage shall be to the English Fishery. Although deeds did not always recognize subsistence rights, Wabanaki leaders later…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator, renamed the river the Georges—often interchanged with the St."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… more distant courts or monarchies, and the noble English-speaking farmer-settlers on the front lines of 'making a new country.' More recent…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… vessels were actually being built in Thomaston, English ships were navigating the George's River to reach the dense inland forests."

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"… reading of The Diary of Anne Frank is part of the English/Language Arts Curriculum, students were curious about what life was like for Bangor young…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… that Norridgewock was “abandoned” after a violent English raid in 1724. The maps instead reveal a long, and more complex, history of resistance…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… of the French and six times in the hands of the English.The British prevailed at the Battle of Quebec, which opened this area to a flood of English…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"For the English sought to obtain ownership of lands and were not highly concerned with the methods used in achieving this."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… Maine State Museum Cyndy Raymond - 7th Grade English/Language Arts Teacher – HallDale Middle School – RSU2 Sam Webber – Hallowell City Historian…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… of the town, who during the American Revolution stood against the English king, George III. Back to Early Settlement Continue to The War of 1812"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"They called the Mikmaqs Souriquois, and the English called them Tarrantines. In the Presque Isle region, the Maliseets (Malecite) were the primary…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… School Cooperating Teachers Jennifer Estabrook, English, James F. Doughty School Karen Novak, Social Studies, James F."

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

"Gorges, an English aristocrat and member of the Plymouth Company, was determined to overcome the difficulties that had plagued the Popham Colony…"

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

"… which was used by some of the earliest English explorers and settlers. Birch bark box by Mali Agat, ca."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Candi's family goes back to some of the first English settlers to come to Swan's Island, the Sadlers."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… from 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American colonies."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"A few years later, an English settlement was established at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Known as the Popham or Sagadahock Colony, it barely…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"The 31 children learned mainly English, as did the adults who attended the weekly adult class. Dedication to the cause was his motivation to ski to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… had two classes in 1849, and they were “General English” and “Higher English”. The first library of the new building was donated by Charles E."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"This tribe was friendlier with the English, so historians speculated that he learned English from them."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"The purpose of this organization was to support English immigrant worker integration into the Western Maine community."

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

"Many of these new people were French or English from the St. John Valley, eastern Canada, or southern Maine."