Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

"… certificate bestows lifetime privileges on Mittie Fairbanks, who was the first librarian of the current Farmington Public Library, serving from…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… Bangor city Not many miles away? (Young 1) Fairbanks Building on fire, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public Library One of the most devastating events…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… First Grist Mill.) Another early settler, Joseph Fairbanks, first settled on the “Norton Farm” on Titcomb Hill in 1792 and set out the first…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Despite the fact that Fairbanks tried to maintain control over the settling of land in Letter F, other settlers, who acted independently of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Society and Farmington Public Library The Fairbanks School, Farmington, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Many of the early settlers were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"George Ranger, a merchant from Fairbanks, moved to the center of the village. Mr. Ranger’s view from his home was upon the neglected Meeting House…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"By the time that John Fairbanks built his mill at Presque Isle in 1836, native people had been driven off of much of their traditional land by…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… on State Street by Presque Isle founder, Dennis Fairbanks, with one constructed on concrete. On July 1, 1910, the Aroostook Valley Railroad made…"