Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Also, boats and the Kennebec Yacht Club were endangered. The public utilities were destroyed and repair crews worked throughout the night restoring…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… The two of them heard not a sound Not even the old town hound The next morning they found out When they heard someone shout Peering threw the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"This group of wealthy, well connected merchants organized as “The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New-Plymouth,” The…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"History of Dresden, Maine: Formerly a Part of the Old Town of Pownalborough from Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. Dresden, Me.: Jennie G."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Josiah was also involved in shipping in Newburyport with his cousin Jacob Little. Josiah served as a representative to the Massachusetts General…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… decrying, much like the “liberty men” of old, any possible settlement related to the illegal taking of Wabanaki lands by the states of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"This manner of claim did not rely on century-old parchment proof, and it could not be adjudicated by courts stacked with the proprietors’ cronies."

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

"The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was known as Bombahook at that time."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"During the years of the Embargo Act, this waterway was of little use for trade, but the road to Canada became very valuable; goods and produce could…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… early settlers were a brave bunch, coming up the Kennebec River and over land by foot or horse through unsettled areas following the trails of…"