Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"Kids at the quarry Swan's Island 3-5 grade class on an old quarry boilerSwan's Island Historical Society Kim Colbeth's 3-5 grade class visited…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Those who served our island in the capacity of nurse that followed Miss Douglass are Ruth Osborne, Ann Calley, Leila Whitehill, Helen Bernstoff…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Houses at Asticou from the Scrapbook of Mary L. "Mame" SavageNortheast Harbor Library Hilltop House FloorplanNortheast Harbor Library The Big…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… returned from the battlefield and died in the Old House in 1865. Samuel Tyler Savage in his Civil War UniformNortheast Harbor Library One…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… also two billiards halls and the Neighborhood House. During the 1920s, as the village grew, business on Main Street changed hands and the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Lambard and C .W King, the son of William King, the first governor of Maine. Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the district, the teacher boarding around from house to house in the district where he taught school."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Bay View House Booklet, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society As was true at Ryder’s Cove, there were year-round residents at Hewes Point…"

Island Falls Historical Society

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Swan's Island Historical Society

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Westport Island History Committee

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The island, through many changes, sometimes hard and bad, still has come to be proven as a beautiful place to visit in the town of Skowhegan."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… into the ocean." He said he lived alone on the island, but evidently there was no house in 1785 because he was not allotted the usual 100 acres…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"Long Island: The Forgotten Community Brown & McAllister Granite Quarry, Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"In Blue Hill Bay there still sits an island called Long Island that was once a thriving community but now is void of anyone."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Watts focused his attention on Arrowsic Island and the improvement and fortification of the land. He died in 1717 in Maine."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Research at a burial ground on Mill Island where Roundy and Wood first landed indicate that the native American presence here dated back to almost…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"