Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… to carry their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have it ground. Although it took several years for the settlement to be…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… and stores on the lower bank on Knox Street (Fort Wharf), where he established a shipyard. Montpelier still stood on the hill overlooking the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Fort Hill, Biddeford, ca. 1906McArthur Public Library An example of this were Captain Benjamin Hooper and his sea coast patrol company "to Defend…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… at the mouth of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and…"

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

"Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino Lithographers. Gold, Susan Dudley, ed. Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… them hung low enough for kids to use them for ice forts. People had to cut down branches because they put to much weight on the power lines."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… a large-scale shipbuilding business at Fort Wharf on lower Knox Street. Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… area still ran along the river, and were close by Fort Mary (the local garrison) or the village of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… and was raised by her Aunt and Uncle who lived in Fort Kent. After graduation she attended Madawaska Training School and later Beals College where…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… performance, loss of manners   Part 7, pages 114-134 Soldiers, Fort Point excursion, women's fashion, behavior; crime, dance X"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… three thriving towns of Presque Isle, Caribou and Fort Fairfield, with an average population of about 4000 each and an average valuation crowding…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… century lime kilns were operating near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood."

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

"Often the regiments spent their time building forts and roads. As told in the letter, a corduroy road--a road of parallel logs packed with sand and…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… River from Prospect to Buckport, just upriver of Fort Knox. Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry."

Westport Island History Committee

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina’s harbor."

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

"While a new fort was built at the western side of Garrison Cove, the settlers lived aboard their ship."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… by Kim Martin (now Kim Haggan), Hampden beat Fort Kent to secure a spot in the Maine State Championship game."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"This route also included Presque Isle. Gould traveled to his customers’ sites by cart and horse. The trip from Old Town to Fort Kent would take five…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the Penobscot Valley; stalwart and hardy settlers began to settle where the two rivers met."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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