Maine Memory Network

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… simply, Poems, was published in 1866, under the name Elizabeth Akers. The book included “Rock Me to Sleep." A controversy and conflict occurred…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and worked on the Libby farm."

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."

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

"… School was chosen as one of three in Maine named a 2005 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School, and one of 295 nationwide that was awarded the…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… 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…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was erected at Morgan's Bay. Surry volunteers maintained all night vigils in search of…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Heights, Arsenic and Old Lace, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Blithe Spirit. Actors included character actor Edward Everett Horton who was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… who were accustomed to recognizing the faces and names of those they met on the street. "William S. Silsby" Ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Nordic ski facility The only town in America named Dixfield The birthplace of Edmund Muskie Those crazy Coke and Mentos guys Native Americans—in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… 24, 1906, and in 1907 a new school was built and named Abbott School for Elizabeth Abbott who had originally donated the land."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… 2013, the backboards still hold the memories and names of those who have stepped on her stage. Tuscan Opera House Stage, Right Backboard…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… of $75 from the ladies known by the imposing name, "Dixfield Universalist Circle of Industry”—later called the Ladies’ Aid Society."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"Start-page 46 Constitution, names and details about members, Acadian Hall, profiles of members.   Pages 47-90 Profiles of members, John Martin's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"died in 1824, leaving his wife and young son, also named John, with little financial security. The house the couple had bought was taken away."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The pandemic obtained the name “Spanish Influenza” because the press in many belligerent nations during World War I minimized the impact of the…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… wrote newspaper articles and books under the pen name of Major Jack Downing. A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"The Barclay Collection, as its name implies, came into being as part of the colonial process that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… on what is called the Turtle Head Fault, so named for the upper most region of the island. This fault runs along both sides of Islesboro and is…"

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… River were called the Abenaquois and this name was confined to the valley of the Kennebec River."