Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"And then there was Uphannum, or Indian Jane, daughter of the Sagamore of Owascoag, the Indian's name for Scarborough."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… frequented this region of Maine prior to the Indian Wars of 1725-26. The Malecite were known for their skill in dealing with the salt-water…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully realized…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"On another page of the ledger, Plosway is called ‘Indian Plosway’. We wonder why it was important to make note that Plosway was an Indian, but for…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"He was credited with having secured the neutrality of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac Indians despite British efforts to enlist their support…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"

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

"… from David Hutchins were a group of Norridgewock Indians, led by Chief Pierpole. The records show that the few interactions between the two groups…"

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

"… the 1750’s the British won the third French and Indian War. The French, however, still claimed the territory east of the Penobscot River and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution. Most came from Massachusetts and coastal Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"They included the Asticou Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889)…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."