Maine Memory Network

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

"East North Yarmouth At a distance of 2 1/2 miles from Walnut Hill Village, North Yarmouth's Old Town House stands on the west side of Route 9."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… rainfall, which caused flooding for 5,000 square miles. The Hallowell Flood of 1987 was caused by heavy amounts of rain along the Kennebec River."

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…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"At the lowest estimate, a cubit mile of seawater contains gold to the value of $65,000,000. It is probably nearer the mark to place it at…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… story, song) about it” On The Farm In a land two miles down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy named Keith. He lived on a fox farm."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"After this came half a mile of intense rapids, followed by a vertical waterfall six times as tall as a man."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… to march in Richmond, Virginia, which was just 6 miles away. George Pepper, unlike his brother Joseph, did not die in the Civil War."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"We had to walk there it’s about a mile and a half to school. We had good teachers that did the best they could."

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… to ride to school on horseback and his home was 6 miles away from the school. He taught 15 students in his first year of teaching."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"It was a mile and a half walk that she made each Sunday, weather permitting. Sabbath day activities started with Sunday school, followed by 10:00 a.m."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"View of Seven Mile Stream, East Dixfield, ca.1910Dixfield Historical Society Today, East Dixfield is truly a sleepy, little hamlet within the Town…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The school was a mile from Dixfield Village on the Trask Road, now known as Leavitt Street. A school building was erected on Roxbury Road and one…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… for the trip from Portland, approximately 187 miles, cost $4, with an additional charge for meals and staterooms."

Bangor Public Library

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

"New Portland is a tract of land six miles square, whose center is about five minutes south of the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… is long and narrow, approximately fourteen miles long and varying between three miles at its widest point and a few yards at the Narrows, depending…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In 1905, on a 233 mile delivery route, Olaf Anderson began to deliver the mail. The mail had to be delivered to around 120 houses all around…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… was discussion relative to a bridge over Seven Mile Brook at this place. The reason this bridge thought of was so that the settlers on the North…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… already formed and traveling at a speed of 40 miles per hour. SEE NOTE Dam Construction at Rumford Falls, ca 1895Greater Rumford Area…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879 • Number of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… only a small portion (less than one-half square mile), of the City’s total area of more than 9 square miles."

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

"The North Village is located on Gilman Stream, which is about two miles from it's junction with the Carrabassett River."