Maine Memory Network

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

"… or at intersections of travel lanes, where inland roads met stagecoach routes. When railroad lines were established, in later years, villages grew…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… corner of Elm Street where it meets the Main Road in Hampden. The gristmill and the sawmill that Benjamin Wheeler built on the Souadabscook Stream…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… colored flowers, vied with each other on muddy roads for the prizes. At the Guilford Memorial Library, antiques were on display."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… remained was moved approximately 150 feet up the road. In 1916, Guilford citizens joyously celebrated the town’s 100th anniversary. Mr."

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

"… Ledge” near the coast (at the corner of Gilman Road and Route 88 in present day Yarmouth). Rev. Loring’s sons Thomas, Levi, and Jeremiah purchased…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… are: George Snow Ideal homestead "Self-propelling road carriage" Council Tree, Charleston, S.C. Billy Emerson Moses Woodman Israel B. Norcross O."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"… his own store on Center Street near the Rail Road Bridge. Martin, who began in 1864 writing a detailed account of his life and activities, drew…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… crews would cut wood in late summer and by winter roads were cleared for the dragging of logs to the river's edge."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… occasions, physically assaulting them on the road or even in their homes. Clashes between the Great Proprietors and frontier residents climaxed in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… to substantiate company land claims, and the roads, mills, and meetinghouses they built helped make the rest of the proprietors’ tracts more…"

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

"… Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M. Carroll’s A Good and Wise Measure: The Search…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… "Plan of the North End as it was from the Rail Road Bridge to Nath Harlows March 11th 1844." Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… both coppies before me now." The store was by the Rail Road Bridge. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… to Houlton and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… to Bucksport   Part 5, pages 84-107 Bangor road issues, warmest, coldest days; Bangor skating rink, Bangor Cadet Company   Part 6, pages…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… a bridge because if he had been walking on the road, he would be asked why he was traveling on the Sabbath."

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

"… a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road. The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of town, with a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… overnight stay of the party: there was a parade, military review, fire engine trials, a regatta, a cotillion reception for the President’s party…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… was noted for his interaction with explorers and military men in the pre-colonial era. There are several derivations of Pierre Paul’s Christian…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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