Maine Memory Network

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

"Bridges of North New Portland Text by Marilyn Gorman and Dianne Pease With Images from New Portland Historical Society The Bartlett Bridge: The…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In 1864, John Martin drew…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… of the colonial process that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American space. Nonetheless, the long-lasting international border of 1842…"

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

"Central Elementary in the North, the last school in town, closes at the end of the 2009 school year."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Brief History, Places Meeting House Park - Places North Church - Places People - Main Page Places - Main Page Railroad into the Village - Brief…"

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

"The Pines , an elementary school, Central High School, and others were located in the area of East New Portland."

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

"… sixteen miles from Farmington and twelve from North Anson. The village is located on Lemon Stream, so called because the water was a light yellow…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… day care center were housed in their building in North New Portland.  The Grange was very helpful and agreed to allow the RLC to remodel part of…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The only school that has not burned is the current school on the High School land. In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little Miracles Country School."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… more settlers, with greater numbers enabling schools, prosperity, and, on a still-contested frontier, safety in times of war."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"In 1881 a few families moved north from New Sweden and founded Stockholm, settling first on the high land just across the New Sweden line."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"The rail ran from Bangor, went north to Houlton, and then to the border of Canada at New Brunswick. The rail continued north to Madawaska, running…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"In 1912 this location became the North Guilford School House. It was taught by Gladys (Foss) Davis. In 1916 the Masonic hall and the Odd Fellows Hall…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Twenty-one dollars was eventually raised, a school board elected, and the first school was kept in the loft of Capt John Bennett’s shed until the…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… established its presence in town, headed south to North Carolina to escape the tax burden. Still, hope was not lost."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"The bank was located at the corner of 10 North Main Street. It was right next to Griffins Department Store."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… only a short time before being transferred to North Africa. The trip was anything but routine and the boat she was on was torpedoed and sunk."

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."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… it even competed with Bangor, its neighbor to the north, for economic dominance in Penobscot County."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"And the Normal School would be the catalyst for improved education in the public sector. Farmington is a proud community – proud of their downtown…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… Avenue, at the head of Bank Square, and faced north. It was built in 1879 and the Post Office wing was added in 1893."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… after that he retired to Southern Pines, North Carolina where he died on June 2nd, 1943 at the age of 90."

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…"