Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Exhibits

"… the Skowhegan Middle School have been exploring local history topics for the past eight years. These exhibits are clear evidence of rich learning…"

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… the exploration, celebration, and digitization of local history. The work produced by Skowhegan, and its sister communities in the project (Mt."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the 19th century, other local products were manufactured including those made from steel and iron including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other…"

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… at Skowhegan Area Middle School (SAMS) know their local history! Laura Richter, the Technology Integrator at SAMS, has been a social…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Heritage Project made extensive use of the local newspaper, in its many incarnations, in researching for the Narrative and the Exhibits."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"In the early 1990s, local merchants formed the Bath Business Association (BBA), to consider the problems of deteriorating infrastructure…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 While national and imperial leaders were pleased with the 1842 border…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Essay by Liam Riordan Riordan is American historian specializing in the…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… The swinging bridge was originally built for a local farmer to make his distance onto the island shorter for him to have to walk."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"You often hear these names in family stories or local lore, and it is assumed that at one point, they were famous within the community."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Manuscript Map of Moose River, Moosehead Lake, and Kennebeck Road…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 St. John River Boundary survey, 1843-1844Maine Historical Society…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 British survey highlands map, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… Rowe observed that “In early New England the history of the church is the history of the community.” This is particularly true for Ancient North…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Many trains stopped there each day to pick up local products, or to deliver dry goods, furniture and other items to local residents."

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

"… and Poland’s Corner were centered around the local churches or at intersections of travel lanes, where inland roads met stagecoach routes."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… and large barn that attracted the attention of a local foreign automobile dealer. Horace "Ken" Sowles had been collecting representative examples…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… I artwork, or inventing new technology to keep a local industry booming, Biddeford has produced real originals, individuals whose impact has…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Local resistance to the embargo was fierce and the widespread smuggling of flour, salt beef, and other goods into British territory became…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… to share my love of history, to work with local colleagues in new ways, and most of all to let students explore the history of their town."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… along the river, and were close by Fort Mary (the local garrison) or the village of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… was an ardent crusader for the organization of a local volunteer fire department. His big problem was not downright opposition, but public…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local family. Today, MSAD 58 students from kindergarten to eighth grade attend the Strong Elementary…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local piano player. The town did not sell liquor but did have a beauty shop, greenhouse, garage…"