Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Scotch, irish, and French families migrating to town in search of work."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"He watched the French and British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The first French explorers described the people of the region as Etchemin. This term probably included the current Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… on land granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution. Most came from Massachusetts and coastal Maine."

Acadian Archives

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

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

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

"Many of these new people were French or English from the St. John Valley, eastern Canada, or southern Maine."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The growth of the mills brought the French and the English into the community. The depression saw the closing of many of the mills and businesses and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… same families 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."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society Meeting at the Guilford Odd Fellows Hall…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Named for the French physicist and mathematician August Fresnel (fray-NEL), the 62-inch high third order cylindrical lens efficiently focuses light…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The French too were interested in lands of this area, but were largely content to trade and in some cases convert the native peoples to Catholicism."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"During work on the French filmmaking pioneer Maurice Tourneur's movie Woman (1918), John van den Broeck, a 23-year-old Dutch cinematographer, slipped…"

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"By 1905, the French-speaking Catholics, primarily from Canada, formed their own St. John’s Church. They completed construction of an impressive…"

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

"… States was right here in Maine, against the French Catholics coming down here from Quebec. So, we understand. We have been part of it as well."

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…"

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

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

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Their favorites were french fries, hot dogs and beans, the man who brought fresh cheese, and a guy from Farmington, Ray Magnum, who brought chocolate…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"French, Hugh T., “Smokehouse: Last of a Breed”, Salt, No. 28, October, 1986. Gilman, John, Canned: A History of the Sardine Industry, Part I, John…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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