Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Old House was occupied in summers by the Phillips line of Savage descendants. John and Climena Savage's "Old House" Built ca. 1820, photo ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Bryant’s line. These families' actions on the Cranberry Islands were vital pieces in the success of Mt. Desert Island and the mainland."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… shifts in the Sandy River or changes in property lines over time. Farmington Town Map, 1794 Farmington Downtown Map, circa 1860 Farmington…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… did everything: skinning, gutting, boxing and weighing, from start to finish. As usual in a traditional industry, there was no assembly line."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… of of your superintendence of my business in that line during the present year, - and, you having agreed with me for that purpose, you will regard…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… which allows phone operators to connect phone lines) for a while. The first floor contained a French and Elliot IGA store."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Women's and children’s clothes were added to the line. On April 28, 1960, Mr. Osgood started a complete renovation; the first floor was completed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… during the Aroostook War, then the Maine boundary line would almost absolutely be different, in Canada’s favor."

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

"In 1861, Harper’s Weekly sent Homer to the front lines of the Civil War with General McClellan’s army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life."

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

"… winter fishing or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a rope and buoy…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines. By the late 1920s rising costs and declining business caused the phasing out of the trolleys."

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

"… Long and Straight? Tuttle Road follows a straight line from the coastline to the interior. It is called a range road or rangeway, and there are…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"When railroad lines were established, in later years, villages grew where train depots were located."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"That boundary change is delineated here with the blue line. Click here for more bridges Return to Online Exhibits"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Rumford Falls Railroad, or all those stagecoach lines that used to run hither and thither? What was it really like in the spring when the mighty…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… would have been built near the Dixfield town line, in the area known previously as Holmantown. The school was a mile from Dixfield Village on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"A new water treatment plant, with major supply lines and many miles of stainless steel pipe, was installed to deliver the purest of waters to all…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The resulting inflammation savaged the linings of the respiratory system, which caused the lungs to fill with fluid and allowed pneumonia bacteria to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… heavy property and crop damage and that the rail line had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1, 1947 edition of Bangor Daily News X…"

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

"Canned goods from S.S. Pierce lined the shelves, and they carried nearly everything on could think of."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… not trade or communicate without these important lines of transportation. All citizens of Kennebec County had to wait, and wonder when this…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… for the first two years, though some of its lines may tell of uncertainties, trials, and anxieties, yet in its present results will speak of…"