Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… the reason, the area officially became Hampden on February 24, 1794, in honor of John Hampden (1594-1643)."

Lithgow Public Library

"… in 1894, and the doors opened to the community in February of 1896. An addition to the original building was constructed in 1979."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… day of sickness until shortly before his death on February 19, 1856, at the age of 106 years, 10 months, and 9 days."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"Howe taken in February, 1853. Larger and less formally posed than Carleton’s, this daguerreotype seems as much a collection of individual portraits…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Yet by February 1818, the issue was brought up again—and this time the separationists had devised a clever plan."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… was eulogized by the Portland Evening Express on February 3, 1919 as “a courteous and affable friend, neighbor, and companion whose sudden demise…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… of Colonel Moses and Abigail Little and born on February 16, 1747. He married Sarah Toppan, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Toppan of Newbury, on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Way where it stood until it was torn down on February 22, 2013, after standing intact for almost 200 years."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… courtesy of the Bangor Daily News X 1976 February 2, 1976 was a warm and rainy day. Howling winds topping 80 miles an hour and rising tides…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby from Albion, Maine was born on February 18th, 1819. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1864 at age 48 while he was in the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"In February, 1931, another fire occurred on Congress Street, gutting the Strathglass Building (later known as Hotel Harris)."

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

"The mill burned in February 1912 but was quickly rebuilt. Another plant was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Word of the treaty reached Hampden in February of that year. Back to Incorporation Continue to Expansion"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… to be enthusiastic over (The American Sentinel of February, 1883). In more recent years the building was used by Bath Iron Works and the U.S."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… ANNA PINETTE Mattie Anna Pinette was born on February 7, 1903 in New Canada, Maine. When Mattie was seven her family relocated to Guilford but…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"In February 1922, Maud Merrill Thomes, a native of Cumberland and the wife of Dr. John B. Thomes of Pittsfield, MA, granted the corporation a plot of…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Personal interview with Wilbur Saunders, February 2012. Maine Register, State Year-book and Legislative Manual. No."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"On February 13, 1818, this small village became incorporated with the act passed by the legislature of the State of Massachusetts."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… photographed by quoting Humphrey’s Journal for February, 1862: "The photographer accompanies the army wherever it goes, and a very large number of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… of separation before the General Court. On February 9, 1807, the upcoming Massachusetts gubernatorial elections were also declared a day to vote on…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… with the Harry Knowlton in Long Island Sound on February 11, 1907, a disaster resulting in the deaths of nearly 200 passengers."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"He then married Dorcas Fowler on February 25, 1813. • Where were the places that Aaron went that had some importance to him? He was born in Sutton…"

Caribou Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"They traveled to Wolf Trap in February 1985 and were well received. The trip provided further momentum to pursue Nowick’s goal of performing the…"