Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

""My great-great grandfather Frank Loring, known as Chief Big Thunder, loved Bar Harbor and spent many years traveling there seasonally and camping on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the Arts: for example, opera singer Emma Eames and her husband Emilio de Gogorza…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island Historical Society For some fifty years after the settlement of this town there was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"With addition of a stage, the building also served as a theatre, eventually giving way to the Bath Opera House in 1913."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… and the United States’ legitimacy on the world stage. It was a new version of a defining problem in the history of early Maine: conflicts sown by…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"He saved the revolution at its early stages, but became infamous as a traitor when he joined the British because he didn't get promoted for the…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"When shows called for young folks they drew from Surry and surrounding towns, bringing them in to fill the roles and giving them a taste of the stage."

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…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"That is a stage on the path to canonization for sainthood, eagerly awaited by her Sisters and all who love Mercy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"With the construction of the Oxford Paper Company in the planning stages, he could see that there would be a shortage of housing."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep playing…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… were born here, but Amada would be known as a “Stage Mom”, believing in the talents of her daughter Wilhelmina."