Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as a "snap-dragon." Around 1906 Hollis bought a steam engine from the Blue Hill Inn."

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… program that promotes collaboration between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"He invited his Zen students, members of local choral groups, and anyone with interest to join him in performing Verdi’s Aida and Mozart’s The Magic…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

""We found all kinds of evidence of a productive, local-based economy…. It looks to me like they worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… had been preparing for war as early as 1940, as local citizens raised money with dinners at the Grange Hall to assist Finland in their fight…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… summer stock theaters popping up in vacation locales of New England in the 1920s and '30s, the Surry Theater offered a different play every week…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… A Guide to the Research and Composition of Local History, By Anne Robinson Dolan (Thesis Project, University of Southern Maine) (1997) Photographs…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… was an innovator in the field, highlighting local interest stories with heavy illustration. Further, technological advancements during World War I…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… and History Center curator, Dana Lippitt and local historian, Dick Shaw, researching and/or cataloging primary sources to find information on the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… commitment to photographic journalism garnered local interest and support until it ceased publication in 1971."

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"… and History Center curator, Dana Lippitt and local historians, Dick Shaw and Ned Smith, researching and/or cataloging primary sources to find…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"… of America’s very first railroads, A vignette of local history and self-guided tour. Bangor, Galen Cole Family Foundation, 1992. Print."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Local police offers guarded Lindbergh's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", in which he made his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean only two months…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… Beginnings After the public discussed wanting a local hospital, a petition was started in 1891 to open up a hospital which would be called Bangor…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"… As many local men left town to fight, the government created a “Deferred Classification” designation for men who had necessary roles in local…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Contributed. “Women’s Local History.” Bangor Daily News, Bangor Daily News, 25 Mar. 1997…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… layout of the paper, much to the dismay of many local customers. Guy Gannett and the Consolidation of Portland's Newspapers Under these conditions…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Rockefeller himself ultimately gave about 15,000 acres. The government first made it a National Monument."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… fact more promptly responded to the calls of the government upon their treasure or their patriotism."

National Archives at Boston

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… humming his favorite hymn entitled Bangor, as local legend has it, he attended the necessary committee meeting on the hamlet's request."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Prominent local businessman and politician Joseph Parker Bass and Ezra L. Stearns helped incorporate Maplewood Park, and its original architecture…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 48-64

"He discusses a number of local politicians and projects, including the plan for a Bangor to Waterville Railroad."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"… the effects of soldiers in Bangor and the war on local businesses; and his wife's serious illness and medical interventions used."