Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… to secede from the British empire, the state of Massachusetts hoped to fund the public coffers by selling vast swaths of Maine lands."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… around the Kennebec to the Province of Maine and Massachusetts, while leaving the question of jurisdiction over the Sagadahock frustratingly open."

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

"… US commissioner James Sullivan (1744-1808) of Massachusetts and Maine, loyalist Robert Pagan (1750-1820) of Glasgow, Maine, and New Brunswick, and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… city in Maine in 1847, shortly after West Bath separated from Bath to become its own municipality in 1844."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Congress and William led the movement to separate Maine from Massachusetts, subsequently becoming Maine's first governor."

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

"Massachusetts then claimed the southern Maine settlements as her own; and after initial opposition, most settlements capitulated."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He realized his goal when Maine was recognized as a state on 15 March 1820. Elected the next month as the state’s first governor, William served…"

Westport Island History Committee

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City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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

"… for the right to form their own parish, separate from The Church Under the Ledge, and this became the “North West Congregational Society of North…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"… division was in 1905 when Southwest Harbor was separated from Tremont and was incorporated as a town."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"They arrived separately in Chebacco boats in the summer of 1761 and settled along the Sound. Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Fourteen miles in length and up to three miles in width, Islesboro is today part of Waldo County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… Court voted to allow what is now Augusta to separate from Hallowell, and gave it approximately half of its 95 square mile area."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Based on the voting record, islanders were not initially in favor of the separation. On October 29, 1819, a convention held in Portland created a…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… in 1808, just twelve years before Maine separated from Massachusetts and became its own state."

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

"… Royall moved to the Casco Bay region from Salem, Massachusetts, and in March 1643 had his land holdings around the river known as Wescustogo…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Lawrence estuary creating a radially flowing, independent ice cap over northern Maine. Radiocarbon dates from basal sediments of Mansell Pond…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… settlers in 1819 and Aroostook County which was separated from Washington County in 1839 coincides with the expansion of the western United States…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a room for weaving and living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Land-based travel kept towns logistically separated from one another. Living in Asticou in this era was a relatively isolated existence and in order…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The town of Milburn, east of the Kennebec, was separated from Canaan in 1823. Lots belonging to the established town of Norridgewock were connected…"