Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… the Covered Bridge was being built at the East Village and New Portland would have been supporting the efforts of the Civil War, probably an…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Edward Fentiman was born in England in 1842. He was in Moscow, Maine, when he enlisted into the war on August 14, 1864."

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

"In 1793, the New England Conference of the Methodist Church was held at Lynn, Massachusetts, and on August 1, 1793, appointed Rev."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… the next 90 years, shipping some all over New England. For a sampling of products of Starbird Lumber Co., click here Return to Online Exhibits"

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

"… of the area, as well as the southern New England tribes' names for the Wabanakis -- Tarrentines/Tarrateens, which was used by some of the earliest…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site. And, no settlements resulted from early European explorations of the…"

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

"Most of the homes in the area still ran along the river, and were close by Fort Mary (the local garrison) or the village of Winter Harbor, and…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… theaters popping up in vacation locales of New England in the 1920s and '30s, the Surry Theater offered a different play every week during their…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical Society In 1605, after making landfall at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… retains the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village. A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… the furs would help to retire debts they owed to England. They learned that this area along the river was called Koussinok (“the place of sacred…"

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… hundred years; young, as far as towns go in New England, yet witness to significant change in methodology, technology, and economy throughout the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never have been were it not for its connection to the sea. <- Prev."

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…"

Davistown Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… there was a new switchboard installed by the New England Telephone/Telegraph Company. The telephone is very useful to the town of Lincoln."

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

"… farms produced crops that were sold in the village and village merchants sold goods to the rural farmers."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… businessmen were attracted from throughout New England with hopes of employment. An exception to the more modest construction along the river was…"

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The first cornfields at Meductic (south of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following…"

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…"

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…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the moral teachings of the Puritans that the New England people were supposed to exemplify. There now can be seen a monument on the site in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

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