Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… ownership to hundreds of thousands of acres in Maine, most of the presiding members of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors lived in and around…"

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

"The earliest, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, had opened in 1848 and later became the Grand Trunk Railway."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

""Early View from Main Street, Looking North," History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County Maine, 1872- 1928."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… know the car dealership on the West side of North Main Street as Cole-Whitney Ford. However, since the 1920s it has changed its name and its owners…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"It was located on the north end of the bridge. After, Piscataquis Woolen Company built the mill and the store was moved by the office of Straw and…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… and another sawmill built alongside it on the north side of the river by Robert Herring Jr. and S&J Morgan."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Works Cited Lincoln Historical Society, ed. "Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) 1954, Lincoln…"

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

"… and Eastern Star, the Granges in East, South, and North Blue Hill, and the Baptist and Congregational churches were the center of social life and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"The North Village has had two fires that burned much of the main street twice. The first fire was November 1, 1890 (or 1891), the loss from this fire…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Athanasius-St. John’s Parish. Medical needs of Rumford were addressed as early as 1841 when Dr. Thomas Roberts began practicing in Rumford Center; Dr."

Skyline Farm

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Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"September 12th 1954 2:00 AM Hurricane Edna becomes a tropical storm again and is moving North North East at 55 MPH with 70 MPH winds."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Business District - 1857 to 1880

"Thomaston Business District - 1857 to 1880 North side of Main Street Business Block, Looking west to east, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there because of the plentiful water source that could be used to create power. A few main industries that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… Thomaston, 1895Thomaston Historical Society North side of Main Street Business Block, Looking west to east, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"

Wilson Museum

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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Patten Free Library

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Prince Memorial Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood transport and for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… built are in 1787 when Elias Snow, probably of St. George, built a vessel for which there is no name recorded."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… station until the current facility was built on North Street in 2001. At that time, ownership of the historic fire station was transferred to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… miles northwest of Augusta and eighty miles north of Portland, lies Farmington, Maine, a town currently populated by roughly 7,600 people."