Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… to their arrival, welcomed the Knox family in a formal address. For his part, Knox clearly loved the town of Thomaston, as evidenced in a letter he…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… probably as early as 1903.(2) The first recorded formal race was 1911 and the last, 1913. One might assume that some Scarborough residents…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… of Husbandry, hence the "P of H" on the organization's logo. The National Grange was one of the first formal groups to admit women to membership."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1937, formal music instruction began and students learned contra dancing and how to foxtrot and waltz."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… Style into the twentieth century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Also, a channel of water on the island, formally known as 'the slucieway,' provided a prime spot to build mills and factories."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Guilford Hospital was formally opened. N. N. Scales purchased H. Douglass and Co. and after interior changes, continued sales of groceries…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… but other than that experience he had little formal schooling. He was largely self-educated and a self-made man."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… man was able to make a classical violin without formal training and using regular carpenter’s tools is astonishing.” Litchfield retired as a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until 1837. When the newly-named Strong Post Office moved to a three-story structure…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… of a distinctive training cap, presented at a formal ceremony. School regulations dictated that “When not in uniform, nurses wear their caps to the…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… original founding committee evolved into a more formal Board of Trustees. By 1993, 22 women with 28 children had resided at the Portland location."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They were 60-room mansions with clipped lawns and formal gardens, estates reflecting their owners' wealth and rank."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"With almost no formal training in the area he quickly began working his way up the ranks. His tasks in the field began easy at first, simply…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"Along with Coach Shaw’s formal summer basketball program, the outdoor basketball court at the old Stephens High was the site of many legendary games…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… instructors, and some in academies or more formal settings. When Martin was 12, he was apprenticed to Dr."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… Portland, in 2010, the 124th Legislature of Maine formally expressed “profound regret” for the eviction of the Malaga residents nearly a hundred…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"When the formal notice was given to the tribe to leave lands that the English considered theirs under threat of war, Father Rasle urged his people to…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"In 1780 Joseph North formalized the survey of the area. The innovative founders in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"During the 1960s, a formal urban renewal proposal that would have turned the downtown into an open-air shopping mall was rejected, with major…"

Acadian Archives

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