Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… to be, especially since this section of the Maine coast is very rocky, and more dangerous than down in Massachusetts or even in southern Maine."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… of all those "sheep islands" up and down the coast). 4H groups are still strong in surrounding communities, and there is an obvious pride in the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… forefront of a land rush in the 1760s along the coast between Castine and Calais. The population of colonial America was doubling with each…"

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

"… dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region of Maine that have been expertly assessed for the Colonial and Revolutionary eras by…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… northeast of Passamaquoddy Bay, from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western boundary."

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

"Johns and of the Coast from thence to Passamaquoddy,” enclosed in Michael Francklin to the Board of Trade, 22 Nov 1766, CO 217, LAC."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Snow, the bark was shipwrecked off the coast of Ireland; he was the only survivor. Folks near Galway rescued him."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… and Sheepscot John, a Wabanaki leader on the coast. Places like Small Point, and the councils that took place there, were not boundaries as much as…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Works Cited

"Orono: The University Press, 1941. Hampden Historical Society. Historical Sketches of the Town of Hampden, Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913

"… when the steamer Tasman struck a reef of the coast of New Guinea. She became ill with pneunomia and died in Batavia, Java on May 11th. 1914."

Davistown Museum

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"… on an excursion to Bangor and the Maine coast. Martin described the boat and its guns. He wrote, "I took my son Junior & crossed to Brewer &…"

Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast, Maine. He and his small crew of photographers traveled through rural New…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"It was an act motivated by economics, racism, eugenics, and political retribution. Eight islanders were committed to the then-called Maine School for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"I am on The Gunboat Kennebec currently off the coast of Mississippi. We set sail from Thomaston, Maine on October 5th."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… Thomaston and the last barkentine built on the coast. “Reine Marie Stewart,” sailing out of Panama, was sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… of a new transportation era in Bath and along the coast of Maine. Train service improved greatly and long waits for automobile ferries disappeared."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… lived and worked throughout Biddeford, from the coast to the hills. Many of them built graceful, stately homes throughout town--some even with…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Maine Coast Heritage Trust owns Malaga Island. “Malaga Island: A Century of Shame,” a Portland Press Herald Article by Colin Woodard about the…"