Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… city until it is split by a number of islands and falls, after which it spreads out and winds its way to the sea."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"The Rumford Falls Realty (an outgrowth of the Rumford Falls Power Company) was established to develop these residences."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… the next big stretch of water, from Norridgewock Falls to Caratunk Falls, was very peaceful and full of food, the best stretch of water on the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"In the fall Joseph went back home. to get the rest of his familly. Isaac, Peter, and Eli stayed on the island and waited for him to get back."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there was any permanent settlement in this area, but rather…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Fishermen who went toward Richmond Island stopped at a place called Deep Ledge and those from the Spurwink River would fish along that part of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… and Saco now stand, in the areas around the great falls. All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"Barry of Portland and Dorothy Mullaly of Fall River, Massachusetts. As they were unable to care for John he was made a ward of the State and came to…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… Skowhegan, the Native American name for the falls and the island. As time went on, manufacturing became an important part of Skowhegan’s economy."

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…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… many mills that lined the river banks near the falls. Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry, modern technology, and a…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… Maine remained part of Massachusetts.[26] That fall, the infamous Brunswick Convention of 1816 stirred controversy over the voter tally, as the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830-1890, 1996. Rowe, W.H. The Maritime History of Maine: Three Centuries of…"

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

"… on Mill Island at what is now near the reversing falls. John Roundy was 36 and Capt. Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Natalie & Ben Butler’s History of Farmington Falls sheds a little more light on Jonathan. They tell us Jonathan owned a mill in Farmington Falls for…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Fall/Winter - Before the frosts came, the women and children went into the forests to forage nuts and berries."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Locals say that if you fall into an outgoing current, you end up in open ocean. “Remembering that caution I dropped my surveying instrument before I…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… was flooded; the Morse bridge, the steel Rumford Falls Bridge, the Rangeley Lakes Railroad bridge, and the Ridlonville bridge were washed away."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… planned to attend Florida State University in the fall when he was diagnosed with Burkett’s Lymphoma."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Society In the 1870’s, the grand finale of the fall Farmer’s Club was a parade of oxen. One time, it is remembered, the finale was fifty-seven…"

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

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles. Samuel Chase is said to have built several crafts…"