Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The last class graduated from the “old high school” that year, and a new one was erected at the edge of the village."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as listed in the program “Float of Cobscook Tribe.” Eastern Star…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… an art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37 years. Currently the New Pennacook Arts Center, with rotating exhibits in the Tech…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… on the Hill Dixfield Congregational Church, High Street, Dixfield, 2006.Dixfield Historical Society Text by Donna Towle Images from…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"The ice storm happened because of high and low pressures coming together. Along with the changing pressures, snow, rain, and ice piled over the…"

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

"… log cabins, the first framed house being built on High Street above Mill River. Montpelier Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… diarrhea on August 13th, 1984, in his home on High Street. David Fogg "Describe the feelings, or the feelings of someone living in that time when a…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Morgan’s Grammar of the English Language, a highly regarded work which was published by the Hallowell firm of Goodale and Cheever in 1814."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The new hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In Patten, he had a street named after him called Dearborn Street. Brody Brown "How did Ira Fish impact your life? Your future? Our future as a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"This new house on High Street allowed them to have five hospital beds, a nursery, and four bassinets."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House Text by Dirigo High Students and Donna Towle Images contributed by Dixfield Historical Society Dixfield House…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… a wooden bridge would stand the freshets or even high water. Col. F. B. Morse who lived on the South road, came forward with the idea of a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street. There were oxen-pulling contests, agricultural exhibits, and local…"

Caribou Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Cohen School) and Bangor High School. She knew she wanted to be a writer and editor at a very young age."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"North New Portland High SchoolNew Portland Historical Society The first record of a mill in the North Village was recorded in an old diary of Elias…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… Auditorium saw NBA, minor league, college and high school basketball, high school and college graduations, fairs fair events circuses, concerts…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The entire Mercy staff stood on high alert to deal with the fires, which eventually killed 16 people and destroyed 200,000 acres."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the construction of a new gymnasium to house the high school’s competitive sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District…"

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

"It was a test to the ingenuity of these highly skilled workers to produce top quality and unique creations and still be able to compete favorably…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Before long, the conflagration swept up the Park Street hill, across French Street, and onto Broadway."