Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The land they claimed included islands along the Kennebec river. This land was already cleared out by the Indian tribe know as the Abennakis."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… would have to port in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. Although the fee was minimal, the time it took to port in each state…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Mount Desert Island was a place of environmental diversity and dramatic landscape well before it became a favorite summering place of Indigenous…"

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 - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… Fifth Maine Regiment Veteran Reunion, Peaks Island, 1912Fifth Maine Regiment Museum B Company, Fifth Maine Infantry Regiment, served as the most…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"Deering in 1866 on Spring Island in Biddeford near Bradbury Dam. J.G. Deering was eventually renamed J.G. Deering & Son Company once Joseph G."

Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Originally, the islands and the mainland were known as Stratton's Plantation. Settlement (1631-1674) Captain Thomas Cammock was the first legal…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers…"

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"For his “extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy” during the assault and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the…"

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"(editor), Penobscot The Forest, River and Bay. Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… "When the 22 Regiment left Bangor for Ship Island he was the tallest & handsomest man in the regiment." Martin's illustration of Kimball and…"

Abbe Museum

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Acadia National Park

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"He was in the initial assault on Peleliu Island, where he was killed by mortar fire on September 20, 1944."

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…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… worked in Massachusetts, then Florida, then Rhode Island. Inside Nylander Museum X Eventually, Olof was taken in by the United States…"

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…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Photo Courtesy of the Larchmont (NY) Historical Society. X The Rhode Island Century described the Larchmont “as one of the finest side-wheel…"

National Archives at Boston

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