Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Gary died October 3, 1993, while trying to save people in a helicopter that went down. He was a well-known man in his hometown for doing such a…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… to officially dedicate the hospital “built by the people for the people.” Plaques were put up in the new hospital to commemorate the donations of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… flocked to the site of the wreck: 10,000 people were estimated to have viewed the wreckage, and photographs were widely distributed."

Colby College Special Collections

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"The first paper machine went into production on December 21, 1901. By February, 1902, all four paper machines were in operation and producing about…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… as "private," as Tuttle Road first was, but as people built their houses along lot lines, rangeways began to be traveled more and more and soon…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… or life-threatening injuries, 300 families (700 people) were left homeless with only the clothes on their backs; 28 buildings had been destroyed…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Eileen Fitzpatrick X Then as now knowing people in power provides clout. Revolutionary War hero Col."

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

"… that the population of Blue Hill had grown by 507 people over the preceding ten years. The numbers of farmers had decreased from 201 to 177 and the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Individual people all had to call the Tree People. As spring came and as the snow melted there were just branches everywhere, just all over as a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… throughout Franklin County, bringing goods and people north and wood south. The Sandy River narrow gauge railroad ceased operating in 1935 and the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Numerous people died every day. There was a lot of disease, not enough food or adequate medical care."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… mill was held and was attended by more than 300 people. For a sampling of products of Strong Wood Turning Corp., click here."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Some of the people who owned the bed and breakfast after the Genthers are Micajah J. Hudson, the Hilton Family, the Drake Family, the Cummings…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The first people to arrive on the island were the Penobscot and Tarratine natives, who camped here in the summer to hunt and fish."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… of years ago when the ancestors of the Wabanaki people came to the place they later called Pemetic (pemotonet in Passamaquoddy), which translates…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Harvey. The ferry ride only cost fifteen cents. People rode the ferries to avoid driving all the way down to Howland to cross via their bridge."

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

"1900North Yarmouth Historical Society Like the people in these two towns, those in the ‘back’ lots of North Yarmouth also wanted their own church…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"The sardine factory alone employed 100 people at the height of its success. A story continues even today that for years and years after the medicinal…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… when guilds began to fade away, and industry made people less connected, some wished to preserve the groups that supported its members."