Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… remembers her team being very close, providing great teamwork. Now the boys team had the road to the famous “Gold Ball” (the trophy given to the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Several island ladies have shown great skill in making quilts with intricate designs and patterns. Each year the annual quilt show brings island…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"The Meadow Pond settlement offered its residents great views and easily obtainable fresh water. In winter, it was the single source of ice which was…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… application and aspirations, accomplish great things.” For example, the “former student of our Garland Street School is now the fourth-ranking…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Although Grant was the guest of honor, a great collection of dignitaries were on hand: the proprietors of the railroad, the Governor of Maine, the…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused little more than a hiccup, as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… my life a few times, so it has impacted my life greatly. Without the hospital, I wouldn’t have a future, and our town would have a pretty sad…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"So great was the demand for the large herring preferred by the smokehouses that Lubec began sending vessels to the Magdelen Islands in the quest for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The Sandy River provided great amounts of salmon, which was smoked and stored for later use. The forest provided game for the table."

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

"president, links two great nations. Spanning the start of the world’s longest international border, this art in engineering opened in 1962 between…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… not indicate that he had the ability to become a great race horse. Presque Isle Historical Society The highest interest in "the Fair" came in…"

Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Islesboro was still controlled by Great Britain in 1780 and considered “behind enemy lines” when scientists from Harvard determined that a solar…"

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

"… Sardine Industry” in 1900 declared this: “The great object of combining the Sardine industry under the control of one syndicate was to regulate and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"What he received instead were some great lessons in life as he saw first hand what it was like to deal with men who were not honest or ethical."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"John and Ellen Richards are the great grandparents of Mrs. June R. Flagg, who has taught at our school for 43 years. Return to Student Research"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Even though a new school was a great addition to the school system in Farmington, the school itself was nearly full at the time it was built."