Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The Rumford Falls Power Co.'s ability to generate adequate power for the paper manufacture and all the residential homes and businesses in the…"

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

"… and Saco now stand, in the areas around the great falls. All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"The first tree fall took place and some buildings were built. The Bennents were the helpers with this town."

Friendship Museum

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

"The question is how far will it fall? Will Northeast Harbor go the way of other island villages, like Somesville, with only an art gallery and a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"Barry of Portland and Dorothy Mullaly of Fall River, Massachusetts. As they were unable to care for John he was made a ward of the State and came to…"

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

"Measuring Rock Located on Rt. 2Farmington Historical Society According to accounts written by both Ben and Natalie Butler in their book, The Falls…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… to be skinned, they were skinned in the late fall. There were three kinds of foxes that were on a Gordon fox farm; silver, which was most…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The old gymnasium was converted to a classroom. Guilford High School Orchestra, 1942Guilford Historical Society On August 29, 1958, Maine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The community of Farmington Falls consisted of a number of mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Citizens were very worried about their trees because some were very old and valuable to their family and the land."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… many mills that lined the river banks near the falls. Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry, modern technology, and a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Natalie & Ben Butler’s History of Farmington Falls sheds a little more light on Jonathan. They tell us Jonathan owned a mill in Farmington Falls for…"

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

"… Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles. Samuel Chase is said to have built several crafts…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… most lobsters are caught in late summer and fall when they migrate closer to shore areas to molt."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"His sister Alice wrote from Steep Falls, listing the latest deaths in town, lamenting, “Isn’t it awfully bad."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class. A state law was passed in 1904, requiring towns to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began in the spring of 1873. The road opened in December of 1874, and was leased by the E…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy Basketball were written, barely 20 years after the game was invented, and long…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"It was in the Fall of 1971, when the Rumford basketball dynasty really began. It was then when an inexperienced and little known coach by the name of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Students in EDU 221 in fall 2008 converted the color print brochure to this digital version of the Arboretum Trail."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Falling telephone and electrical wires hampered his rescue, and Scribner died at the scene. State Street ruins, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public…"