Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Superintendent of Eastern Indians by George Washington 1783 • War of Independence ends with signing of Treaty of Paris 1789 • Louis Delesdernier…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… old John Trenholm barber shop on the left side of Washington Street, Highway 189, close in proximity to the future Lubec side bridge approach."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning. The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove…"

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Lubec Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"It was no different for the owners who were generally their own managers. They too, as John McCurdy, learned from family members how to manage the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… streets and highways.” Town officials ordered “a general alarm blown on the fire whistle to call out all available men in town to help shovel the…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Rowell; A.B. Sumner and Co.; Staples & Son, general merchant; F.Y. Trefry, postmaster and merchant in South Lubec; F.M."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… late-1800s, this store was operated by Albert and Washington Daggett, and was known as Daggett Bros. store."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"… Putnam, 1900 Callahan, North Henry Knox : General Washington's General New York : Rinehart, 1958 Drake, Francis Samuel Life and correspondence of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Montpelier, Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum Consequently, what gets less attention is Knox's involvement in the development…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… 1923 with the Bureau of Weights and Measures in Washington, DC thus beginning service to her country that lasted 40 years."

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Montpelier Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum With the arrival of General Knox and his numerous industrious activities, several…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… its way from full statehood status was a vote in Washington to admit it into the Union. [28] For a detailed account of the transition in…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties, little interest from York County and objections due to the Coasting Law, the effort soon died…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… the east of Robinson, was killed in a duel near Washington, D.C. in 1838, at which time Robinson was elected to fill the remainder of his term."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… as a free state in 1820, allowing politicians in Washington to delay a growing sectional crisis over the future of slavery."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820. Despite an initial pushback by leading abolitionists and organizers in Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… on train tracks to trade with Aroostook and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… a farmers’ organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. and through it, Grange chapters sprang up throughout the country."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… War, General Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo…"