Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… of English and French North America, and all the old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with vicious alacrity."

Penobscot Marine Museum

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

"… and online commerce have supplanted the old model of the village center, and that the island is now one big village with people commuting via…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… Hill, before 1914Blue Hill Public Library The Old Schoolhouse The Old Schoolhouse, also known as the village school, was the schoolhouse located…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… building, seen on the left below, was 56 years old. Chartered in 1822, the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… renewed, manifested today by the partnership of old-timers, newcomers, downtown and beach residents, for the benefit of all."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Biddeford Historical Society

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Friendship Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… this way (north) and when James saw the sign for Old Town he said, “This isn’t the way to Waterville."

Swan's Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"The town included lands formerly called Black Point, Blue Point and Stratton's Island and extended eight miles inland from the sea."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… and Penobscot Indians, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, the traditional adversaries of the Iroquois."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… ate lunch at cafeteria tables according to what town they were from and associated with one another by town groups."

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

"… Maine State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

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

"The Old Town House is now owned by North Yarmouth Historical Society. North of the Town House an important bridge was first built across the Royal…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began probably as early as 1903.(2) The…"

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

"… into the land speculation business by reviving an old Pilgrim grant on the Kennebec River in Maine. This group of wealthy, well connected merchants…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old Orchard. For more than one hundred years, the King’s Highway was the only land route between…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… Wabanakis, some followed tradition, paddling age-old canoe routes. Others rode the same trains, steamboats, and stagecoaches as everyone else…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… three of whom would live.* Including nine-year-old Miriam Kelley, sometimes known as Mimi (pronounced MIH-mee), the last living survivor who tells…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"C.H.B." In the case of nineteen year old Henry I. Hanscom of China, the search for gold in California proved fatal, for he died of small pox in…"