Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… would have to port in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Although the fee was minimal, the time it took to port in each state…"

Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For his “extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy” during the assault and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the…"

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

"Skowhegan Island X However, the heavy logging use clogged the river and took a toll on the local ecology."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… between villages.” (Ghere, 513) Wood Island and lighthouse, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Their doom was just over the…"

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

"… mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water, and Islands; and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.” The area described in the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Dead wrong. Lead canteen left on Skowhegan Island by one of Arnold's soldiers X The Dead River was mostly all swamp, hard to pass through…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… he served in the Continental Army in the Rhode Island campaign as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Marcia, Little Diamond Island, 1950Northern Light Mercy Hospital By 1830, church officials were strongly encouraging Catherine McAuley to stabilize…"

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

"Photo Courtesy of the Larchmont (NY) Historical Society. X The Rhode Island Century described the Larchmont “as one of the finest side-wheel…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"During his time at Great Northern Stevens discovered two key passes; the Marias Pass over the Continental Divide and the Stevens Pass in the Cascade…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"This tribe first began to feel great losses as early as 1607 when the Popham expedition came to the mouth of the great Kennebec River."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Passengers then would ford the river to Peru. When the river was low, foot passengers could walk across from the island to Peru on a natural causeway."

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…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… ’74 team also went on to play in the New England Championship tournament in Bangor and lost to Providence Central High School of Rhode Island."

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

"Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello, Lubec, ca. 1962Lubec Historical Society Campobello, a 15 square mile Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn. The entire Mercy staff stood on high alert to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… Waymouth, set a small fishing net near Monhegan Island and hauled up a net filled with various fish and “thirty very good and great lobsters.” In…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… its own separation and division when Chebeague Island was granted its independence. Yarmouth Map X Yarmouth Takes Its Leave: 1849 The last…"