Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Welcome Come to SurrySurry Historical Society Welcome to the Hancock County coastal community of Surry."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property Text by Steve Collier and Sandy Collier Images contributed by Susan Paquette through the Surry Historical Society…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Surry Village School Text by Lynn Bonsey, with sections adapted from Surry, Maine: An informal History by Osmond C."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"About The Project Our team is comprised of Surry Elementary School, the Surry Historical Society, and several Surry residents."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… the work of a church building began on Ballard Hill, and on Sunday of November 30th, Reverend Matthew W. Reilly celebrated the first mass."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… forced to store artifacts in the former Ballard Hill School, and LHS meetings had to be held in the library once again."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Promenade (1911), the Emerson School on Munjoy Hill (1897-98), the Wilde Chapel in Evergreen Cemetery (1902), the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894)…"

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

"… College, principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… acres of land overlooking the Penobscot River on Hill Crest, the new Mattanawcook Academy was built."

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

"Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old saw mill which was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each…"

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

"Donald LeMoine is heading down Steamboat Hill Road. It is one of the better sledding roads in Swan's Island Village except that it ends at the water."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

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

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

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

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

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… near the mouth of the river and on the large hill overlooking the harbor which would become the village of Biddeford Pool."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… Road, Transalpine Road, Route 2, and Fish Hill. Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes. Foxes were fed fish and horse meat."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was elected as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… that the pulpit was on the western slope of a hill and that there was space to seat "ten thousand" people."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the quarry, Swan's Island, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… located at Mill River with a meeting house on the hill above, a bridge across the river, a post office, a few traders and some unpainted houses…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Gilkey Hill is named after Edward’s family who resided in the area for many years. Gorham Parks Fassett was born on July 23, 1839."

Bangor Public Library

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