Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… worshipers were Baptists, who built the first house of worship on the island, the Baptist Meeting House and Town Hall (1804)."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library "We came to a little river near which it was necessary to anchor, as we saw before…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The tunnel was found because the son of the family that later bought the house fell through the ground while mowing the lawn into an abandoned tunnel."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Keith jogged back to the house and packed his things in his shabby, green suitcase. He kissed his mother, left the house, and got in the car."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"He served as Manager of the Jordan Pond House, a Trustee of the Northeast Harbor Public Library, the Acadia Corporation, the Union Church, and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully cataloged, protected from…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"Its objective was to provide safe housing and a moral, social and academic education for young women who were considered a danger to themselves or a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He built a beautiful Victorian house for his family. It stands today. He was active in town affairs and participated in a committee to research and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… where his brother Samuel had turned Jacob’s house into the Abbot School, so Jacob took up residence in his father’s home until his death in 1879…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… projects, including the construction of a meeting house and the formation of local militia companies."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… had to… Marion: And chickens, we had the chicken house when they first came, because we don’t have heating like now, they’d have to stay in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… of their duties was to monitor the darkening of houses and buildings so that the community could not be seen by bombers flying overhead."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… During the fight warriors burned two mills and a house in the area to try and lure out the settlers, to no avail."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"… to the nearest building, which was an old chicken house that was never cleaned out. Luckily they were in there because lightning had struck the…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… autographed pictures of Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley are currently housed at the Guilford Historical Society Museum. EXHIBITS HOME"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Grant, stayed in the Lincoln House Hotel. As far as we know, no notable people have visited or made an impact on the Masonic Hall."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… School as a child when it was still new and housed grades K-12, spoke to the gathering, recalling how the building, with it's spacious gym, had…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both of whom were Masons, assumed the chair."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… and funds were used for medical, burial, and housing expenses. Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the…"