Maine Memory Network

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

"In February 2006 Skyline Farm Carriage Museum debuted its new Exhibit Hall in the newly renovated indoor riding arena to display theme-based carriage…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… 1798 they were successful in putting down roots, building a primitive log cabin structure near the East side of Harbor Brook where it outlets into…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… and spread to the Wingspread Gallery and the Joy Building, on either side of the restaurant. Although the restaurant has been rebuilt, as of 2013…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… can be seen in the back, attached to the front building.Farmington Historical Society In 1859, Franklin County exported $92,000 worth of apples…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… sometime in late 1854 or early 1855 in time to build around them a new home to move into by September 1855."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"In 1797 the town voted to build one meeting house to serve all the religious societies in the town. John Crosby was named “vendue-master” to accept…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Building the tracksNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Steam Rail Present day Route 9 was an important artery that joined Cumberland and North…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… 1979, Strong began the process of designing and building a new system, consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He returned to Hartford to build a stone wall 100 rods long in eight weeks for $100. With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Hervey would allow the kids to help him bring in the flag that belonged to the Forster Memorial Building. Return to Student Research"

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

"… working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building in Farmington. Today, Strong has its own health and dental center, and the Farmington…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… 1870, Surry was producing goods for the clothing, building, and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… which expires soon,” it was reported, “and the buildings are being removed or demolished...the war situation being responsible for the decision.”…"

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

"… the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a super highway.(8) The first section of highway opened in 1947 between Kittery and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"They would also contribute to the ministerial building as well as attending public meetings. The first meeting of the Associates was held in 1783…"

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

"The towered corner building housed the Post Office in 1911 (and for many years afterward), was also proudly deocorated for the grand celebration."

Caribou Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library The hotel scene did start to fade. Rich summer visitors wanted more than just rooms."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… education, not only for its content, but for building basic reading skills. Much of the school day was devoted to memorizing and reciting passages…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Rowe created the Roland and Rowe ponds by building successive dams across the valley of Millbrook Stream on his farm."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… Harbor (which Charles encouraged his father to build), apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Rockefeller’s work on building the islands network of carriage roads. He saw in JDR, Jr., a kindred spirit who not only loved the natural, wild parts…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… kind of hardship bred a kind of interdependence often seen on islands. When troubles came, everyone pitched in. Building Community and Commerce"