Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… a few years, new buildings sprang up on the foundations of the old, though this time they were hotels and motels and small inns, built in time to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… research library and created a non-profit foundation, she asked Charles to be on her Board of Directors and included him in her annual meetings…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"A dry and deep concrete foundation was dug and built for the house to the north along Rye Field Lane, and the house moved onto the foundation…"

Frye Island Historical Society

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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."

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

"… had moved off the island and today only the foundation stones and remnants are all that remain of a once thriving community in Blue Hill."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… without molestation.” In a 1684 deed that is foundational to the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, six Wabanaki leaders, including Darumkin and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… benefit from such as deeds and treaties, the foundations for federal law and authority. This reminds me of events detailed in Saxine’s Properties…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"Desert Island) laid a foundation that allowed MHS to then develop the Maine Community Heritage Project, a program funded by the Institute of Museum…"

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"Desert Island and New Sweden) laid a foundation that allowed MHS to then develop the Maine Community Heritage Project, a program funded by the…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Over the next 41 years the Sisters started nearly 100 foundations throughout the U.S. In 1865, Warde and six Sisters of Mercy arrived in Bangor…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… of his life before his 1991 death organizing a foundation with the goal of building the Gary Pike House."

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

"… as working platforms for construction of pier foundations, piers, and the steelwork for the roadway."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… though a 2001 archaeological search located the foundation on the level top of the cliffs, set back from the edge."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Of these, Latin and Greek foundations, English, and penmanship were considered extremely important. A common course for young men was navigation."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… from wooden ships to metal hulls, threatened the foundation of Bath’s economy. The number of shipyards decreased significantly through the 1870s…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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