Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills ."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"The balloons represented the number of years since the Strong Elementary School was built. A ceremonial ground-breaking was being conducted, kicking…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"1932Strong Historical Society The GAR also had a number of auxiliaries: the Woman's Relief Corps (organized on a national basis in 1883); the Ladies…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"They performed Boris, some Hyden, and also a few numbers from the American Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"The future Surry was number 6. Although surveyor Samuel Livermore was instructed to lay out each of the six townships, “six miles in extent on the…"

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

"… at the Andersonville National Cemetery in grave number 10421. The Strong Grand Army of the Republic Post was named after him."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But he leveled Little Blue, and filled in Rollo Pond. In 1969, the State took the property by Eminent Domain, it was cleaned up and Rollo Pond was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The absence of a lake shore or a pond for summer recreation was in part replaced by shallow pools on the Swift River, known as ABC, and covered for…"

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

"… alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond. The town's tax assessor in 1792 reported 50 houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New Gloucester, Massachusetts in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Three main people out. One of them was Enoch Pond, a founder of the Bangor Theological Seminary. In the early 1800's, Pond published a book against…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Affiliating with the Jordan Pond House, a public tea house located in Acadia National Park, and participating in other island institutions and…"

Caribou Public Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the Columbian House Block in 1852, just one of a number of downtown blocks they constructed in this period, including the Granite Block, the Union…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… prayers and the efforts of the people that the number one industry in the area continued to operate."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Gould Butler) Walton Mills and Walton Pond, Farmington, ca. 1930Farmington Historical Society On their arrival the early settlers began to…"