Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… from New York to California, cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Cumberland Turnpike, the first turnpike in New England. It crossed the marsh between Dunstan and Oak Hill, the current path of Route 1, and was…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New England communities 1775 • Machias residents capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The English-speaking Anglicans from England constructed a unique structure from stones taken from the Swift River; St."

Maine Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… cultural, social and economic development of New England. The farm's 55 acres of open space includes a network of trails open to the public for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"The turnpike, the first in New England, ran straight across the marsh from Oak Hill to Dunstan, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by tolls…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… infused the passengers on the first ships from England 140 years before them. There were few necessities at hand beyond their own hard work and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected monuments such as the Merrill memorial in Cumberland, to those who had served in…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… hundreds of defrauded investors throughout New England and dashed the hopes of Lubec townspeople."

Skowhegan History House

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, a two-story New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side, was built and located just uphill from A.C.’s…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… of her books, A Piece Of The World won the New England Prize for fiction and the Maine Literary Award as well as many others."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May 31-June 3, 1861 Charlotte Lawrence, 1908-2003 X Members of the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… basketball team and was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. In May of 2013 he was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… it was the 2nd largest venue of its kind in New England, the Boston Garden being the first. On December, 30, 1955 the Syracuse Nationals played the…"