Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Three skaters at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, 1949Swan's Island Historical Society Swimmers at the Quarry Pond, Swan's Island, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… laying a water line from nearby Day Mountain Pond. The Strong Water Company was created by an act of the Legislature on March 15, 1899."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"In the early 1900s it was called Sweets Pond. Strong students have always liked going to the lake. Class picnics often took place at cottages on the…"

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

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… were held in a building in the area now known as Pond Road near Norton Hill Road Dist.# 8 - Taylor Hill was the location of another rural school…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes. The biggest trout caught during this time period was caught in Rangeley, and it…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"The 1790 census record lists “Sandy River, Middle Twp.” Soon it became known as Readstown, for the settlement proprietor, William Read."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"… 1949Swan's Island Historical Society Goose Pond is in the interior part of the island and there is the Quarry Pond in Minturn which was created by…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"A computer room with 25 computers for middle school students and another for elementary students with 15 computers would be added, as well as two…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Middle (l-r): Rosalind Lambert, Queda Huff, Stella Huff, Phyllis Sample, Ruth Richards, Helen Huff, Phyllis Brackley, Dorothy Jennings."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… rendered unrepairable when it fell into the ice pond in the park. It was soon replaced with the Spirit of the Sea."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Another time middle school students worked with teacher Elizabeth Ehrlenbach to research, create a sell a Surry history trivia game."

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Surry middle level students and teachers, in partnership with the Surry Historical Society and other community members, have spent much of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"

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

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"The Railroad Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Return to Student Research Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad station…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"Student Research Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Return to Online Exhibits The Strong School 7th and 8th graders and Mrs."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"The Cheese Factory Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Return to Student Research Cheese/Pantry BoxStrong Historical Society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"About Us Below: Kathy Amoroso, Director of Digital Projects for Maine Historical Society, shows (l-r) Kathy Lambert, Valerie Tucker, Ben Godsoe…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"About Us Century-old Books Discovered In a Cardboard Box X Strong Elementary School Librarian Jami Badershall was cleaning the back room of…"