Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"Bartholomew Gosnold, Martin Pring, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain noted and mapped the area from 1602-1606. John Smith passed through in 1614."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Veterans Captain Seth Spring and Captain Moses Bradbury built homes and multiple saw mills on what became known as Spring's Island in the 1790s."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… of the state of Maine" (1915) X Every town and city has their prominent citizens, their town fathers and mothers."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… 1621, long disagreements about the boundaries of French Acadie, and where to draw the line between colonial Massachusetts and Nova Scotia."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… bias of US and British officials, both French-speakers in the Madawaska region and Wabanaki individuals, Tribes, and Nations, continue to suffer…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"CONTACT Balloon view of Saco Bay, including Biddeford Pool, ca. 1880McArthur Public Library Got a question or comment about what you have seen…"

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

"… the years, escalating during the French and Indian War of the 1750s, when many European settlers were captured, killed, or had their homes burned…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… eleven times, five times in possession of the French and six times in the hands of the English.The British prevailed at the Battle of Quebec, which…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The Mi’kmaq waged war against the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Cannibas, (Etchemin) and the Almouchiquois of southwest Maine to gain control…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"A series of conflicts, known as the French and Indian Wars, persisted from 1745-1763. Locally, the Indians continued attacks on Fort George and the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… who had fought with him during the French and Indian Wars in 1759 and again in putting down Shay’s Rebellion just the year before."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Early English and French explorers engaged in territorial struggles during much of the 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was…"

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

"The settlers refused to surrender the garrison, so the French tried to undermine it by tunneling underneath from the bank below."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"The French and Indian wars were winding down. Maine’s Native Americans, the Abenakis, had been decimated by European disease."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"The French, however, still claimed the territory east of the Penobscot River and endeavored to make the Penobscot river their last opening to the sea…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New England communities 1775 •…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully realized…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"There, he encountered French traders and Native Americans and promptly chased them off. His company then sailed to the larger island of Islesboro…"