Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Native Americans The Deep History of Presque Isle Text by: David Putnam In 1978, as a result of the proposal to construct the Aroostook Centre…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"We did similar things to the Native Americans here. And, frankly, ten years after Malaga Island was destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Six natives were killed and 15 wounded. In 1718 the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became a separate town with the name of Biddeford, after the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"Pierpole, a Native American living in the area when the white settlers arrived, referred to it as “middle town” on the Mussul Unsquit, his name for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… is Carrying Place, a strip of land across which Native American canoes could be portaged. Carrying Place is the narrowest place on the island…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the present day, farmers, fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… heaps found on the island tell of encampments by Native Americans – the Abnaki. There is no written information from this time period but…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"In 1780, an Indian named Pierpole moved to the area that is now Strong. His wife was Hannah Susup, and they had six children: Molly Pierpole, Molly…"

Davistown Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Area land was purchased from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds were given the buyers. Mt."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia’s mother’s name was Mary, who was half white, half Native American. Sylvia lost both her parents at a young age and was later adopted by a…"

Abbe Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… historian Fannie Hardy Eckstorm wrote that Native Americans named the Souadabscook Stream, which in their language meant “sloping ledge stream."…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… and others—so our responsibilities to these places remain ever-present, even though for non-Natives it may seem like long ago, or irrelevant."

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

"In 1676, the conflict between the natives, who had been generally welcoming, and the European settlers in New England became known as King Philip’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Native Americans referred to both the river and the area as Segochet, “a pleasant place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Cornelia Crosby, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1895 Fly Rod fishing in front of Mt. Kineo along the shores of Moosehead Lake.Maine Historical Society The pen…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… 1776, Betsy Ross, often known as the maker of the American Flag, reported that she had sewed the first American Flag."

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

"… and language activism demonstrates in 2022, Native peoples remain fundamentally invested in their sovereignty and the imposition of the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… eventually combined to form Skowhegan, the Native American name for the falls and the island. As time went on, manufacturing became an important…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… was especially practiced by the Ainu, Inuit, Native Americans and people of the Bay of Biscay. Rock carvings have shown several whales being…"