Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"Her name came from a schoolteacher. The teacher was a good friend of her mother, my great grandmother."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… lend their visions, enthusiasm, and indeed their names to the progressing area. Veterans Captain Seth Spring and Captain Moses Bradbury built homes…"

University of Maine at Presque Isle Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… this illustration of an 11-year-old girl, whose name he could not remember, who was the step-daughter Alex Morrison, of one of the workers at the…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… and the Commencement Program reproduce his middle name as “Halburton,” without the letter i). Myron Avery's high school yearbook photo X After…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… Slave In the spring of 1837, a carpenter named James Sagurs was hired by Captain Daniel Philbrook of Camden and Edward Kelleran of Cushing to…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"1930Guilford Historical Society They changed the name to Hardwood Products Co., and in 1950 moved their entire operation to Guilford where they soon…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Elijah Dix (for whom Dixfield is named) of Boston, was authorized to build the first grist mill, the first saw mills and develop the water power that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"In 1803 a portion of Holmantown was set apart, became incorporated, and was named Dixfield. The land remaining was called Holmantown for the next…"

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

"… still called Upsala for a while, but in 1911 the name Stockholm was the town’s final name. The First Store General store, Stockholm, ca."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… the settlement of Hampden, the native people named places for characteristics that they observed in their natural surroundings."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"“On this eventful day commemorating the naming of Lubec, the city of the same name across the sea sends hearty congratulations."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… schooner “Quantabacook” and a brig of an unknown name. In 1805 he launched the 93-ton sloop “Quicklime.” By the 1820s, waterfront-shipping…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… homeopathic hospital opened in Maine, and was named for Dr. J. Frank Trull, its founder. The Webber Hospital was opened as an alternative to the…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"There are no recorded first names of the family. By 1806, seven people lived in Guilford. Guilford wasn’t a town at the time but it was an idea in…"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Porter Memorial Library

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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"By the time the 1970s came around, women’s names regularly appeared on lists of people serving in town positions."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name the Indians had called it. It became incorporated in 1833 and was renamed Byron after…"

Lithgow Public Library

"… [b]Founded:[/b] Lithgow Public Library is named for Llewellyn Lithgow, an Augusta merchant and book lover, who left a $20,000 bequest to the City…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Clerque also built a hotel, named the Summit House, on Green Mountain. Clerque’s railway ran for about 10 years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… Mayo, Samuel Hadlock and John Manchester to name just a few. They settled around the island in what is now Bar Harbor as well as Somesville, Otter…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"O’Brien, hence the name of the company. The electrophone was an electronic piece of equipment that was used to produce sound."