Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor. Steamboats, however, did not usually transport residents of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which was about 116 feet wide and 109 feet deep."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… lot" which was to include 5 acres of cleared land, a barn built by the town (thirty feet by forty feet in size and having 13 1/2 foot studs) as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in the two saw mills…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… giving the poor a place to reside, work the land and contribute to their own upkeep. Laws of the State of Maine, 1821 Chapter CXXII, An Act…"

Wilson Museum

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Old York Historical Society

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Skyline Farm

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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United Society of Shakers

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… burned is the current school on the High School land. In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… could not fly for more then that distance without landing on something, therefore if they had nothing to land on they could not reach the site."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"John Church deeded two and a half acres of land to the citizens of Farmington, to create a Village Center."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"While there is no apparent survey, it appears the homestead included all the land behind the house toward what is now Quebec Street."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Almost 90 percent of Maine was heavily forested land. Maine's white pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… cottages of their own began buying plots of land from Sweet. In 1908, the homestead was torn down."

Caribou Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… shipyard was located at the present day town landing. Frank Jellison, who served many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… rose towards Walnut Hill, following the swell of land that we still notice today. This route was certainly taken by Walnut Hill's six original…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… requesting that settlers be confirmed in their land holdings • President Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… had been driven off of much of their traditional land by disease, violence, and European (American and Canadian) encroachment."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Carnegie gave $5000. Mr. Daniel Straw donated the land and another $5000.00 was raised by local citizens. Mr."

Prince Memorial Library

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