Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… United States and certainly is the oldest in New England. Handtubs operated by making a long pole with a piston on each end go up on one side and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"Coll. 60, vol. 3. p. 72 Kennebec Proprietors "Voted that Two Town Each of five Miles on the R Kennebeck & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… was Jacob Abbott’s open secret....here the New England passion for self-improvement, as it was understood by the plainer folk, found its completest…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… in the district that lies between Acadia and New England. By mixing berries with an equal quantity of tallow, you can make beautiful candles that…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… softball Tournaments and placed third in the New England Softball Championships. Even though it was the height of the fishing season, team members…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… worker, William Rich, was born in Cornwall, England on December 23,1833 and died in Hallowell on May 12, 1915."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Obviously most of the schools in New England were closed. People were trapped in their cars, cold and hungry."

Telephone Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… hurricane called Hurricane Carol tore through New England covering all of Connecticut, Rhode island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, part of Vermont…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"In 1631 the Council for New England granted Cammock the Patent of Black Point, 1500 acres from the Spurwink to the Black Point River, back one mile…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"He was well known up and down the New England coast for his fishing success and business prowess. From 1878 to 1889 he captained the Augusta E."

Northeast Historic Film

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… William Rowe observed that “In early New England the history of the church is the history of the community.” This is particularly true for Ancient…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… it may be related to the town of Rumford in England, from which some settlers’ ancestors had come. Robert Nisbet, Rumford, ca."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… aftermath resonated in headlines throughout New England. On February 1 the Herald quoted a January 21st Boston Globe headline, “Food Fast Vanishing…"

Old York Historical Society

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

"… welcoming, and the European settlers in New England became known as King Philip’s War. As part of this conflict, all 65 colonists of North Yarmouth…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… and other rural uprisings throughout New England. The September meeting ended with a decree that Mainers would vote on the question of separation…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… Cumberland Turnpike was the first turnpike in New England. Dr. Southgate passed away 2 November 1833 at the age of 92. Sources Chapman, Leonard."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… 1974 team (State champs) and the 1976 team (New England champs) were also powerhouse teams. The ’74 and ’76 teams never played their State…"

Seal Cove Auto Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… raw materials for building ships were sent to England. The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for masts and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… to Rumford Falls from their homes throughout New England and surrounding towns. They had to be accommodated with boarding houses, and the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and fifty years before conditions in colonial New England would allow any attempt at permanent settlement."