Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, European Campaign Medal with two battle stars, plus the French Croix-de-Guerre."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The Turner House was partially lost to fire in the year 1903. One hundred years later, in 2003, the Braeburn Hotel was completely lost to fire."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… Hill and burning the residences along Center and French Streets through the evening and into the long night of April 30th."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… and imports, intended to punish the British and French and to force them to respect the authority of the newly formed American nation."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… club, a junior Red Cross organization, and a French Club. Many clubs competed and won awards. They had a girl's glee club, boasting around sixty…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society They had built it as a meeting place and had a…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"It started on February 1st and ended on February 29th. In the storm, about 1 thousand people died. Written by Molly French"

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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… at least eighth graders - - Strong offers modern French to grades K-8; Enjoy a 95 percent average daily attendance by students and teachers; Show…"

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."

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…"

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…"

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

"The people that came to Stockholm were mainly French-Canadian, Swedish, or from the southern parts of Maine."

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…"

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…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Words and photographs of Hugh French and his students in the early Eighties, and of Frank Van Riper in the early Nineties showed how traditional the…"

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…"

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Within a few short hours, the massive fire claimed seven houses of worship, 100 businesses, 300 homes, and two lives."

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."

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…"