Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"X Within the columns of the Falmouth Gazette, separation was often debated and more commonly defended."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"[5] Falmouth Gazette, 4/30/1785. For more on the different Gazette contributors and their pseudonyms see Hatch, Maine: A History, 181."

Portland Water District

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"… colored silk dress from the McMahon family of Falmouth. It features a smart fitted late 1840s boned bodice, pointed waist, and dome shaped skirt."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"In October, 1775, the town of Falmouth was attacked, and more than half the town was burned. Over 400 buildings were destroyed and more than 1,000…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"The Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser The Falmouth Gazette—the District of Maine's first newspaper—was founded by fervent separationists and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… 1923-1942) are associated with Margaret Payson of Falmouth, known locally as "Miss Margaret." Turner specialized in robes and elegant understated…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"Mattanawcook Observer. 1st ed. Vol. 2. Falmouth Foreside, 1983. Print. Hawkins, Alan H., ed. Mattanawcook Observer. 2nd ed. Vol."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1789; Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and…"

Walker Memorial Library

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… and the Lufkin and Noyes Building in West Falmouth. Local industries are depicted in an ambrotype of a large saw mill in Monmouth and a tintype of…"

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

"Map of Falmouth (present-day Portland) from 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Yarmouth, Salem, Portland, East Port, Witheren Falmouth, Fowler Salisbury, Perkins Boston, Cape Ann, Thomaston, and Newburyport."

First Parish in Portland

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Alexander’s 1868 rendering of Brown’s Falmouth Hotel served as the basis for a lithograph advertising the opening of Portland’s grandest nineteenth…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"We are engaged in laying A ‘Corduroy Road’ from Falmouth to Aquin Creek and expect it will take us 3 weeks longer – if I have space I will discribe…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Massachusetts Bay Charter of Scarborough and Falmouth becoming a town in 1658Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The question of title to the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… not unique in the area, as one was established on Falmouth Neck in 1766. The books of the Second social Library in North Yarmouth were kept in the…"

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

"North Yarmouth’s boundary with Falmouth was reestablished and marked by a large boulder known as the “white rock”."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… T Ford on the dirt road that was US Route 1 from Falmouth Foreside. If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… to both sides of Waldo Street and to houses on Falmouth and Hancock Streets, that additional help was needed to contain the blaze."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… Cumberland County, including Gorham, Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth, and Windham. Mercy programs, such as McAuley Residence fills a need for a…"

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

"After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens were given plots of land in New Portland to replace their loss."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… with the Indians and destroyed the settlement of Falmouth. Anticipating enemy advance on Scarborough, the settlers fled to Portsmouth and beyond…"