Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"No hearth fire burned for their welcome; no door opened at their coming; no home stood ready to receive them."

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"They only had abacuses (old-fashioned calculators), stereoscopes (a hand-held viewing instrument that created three-dimensional images of landscapes…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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

"… was a natural playground for those attending the Old Red Schoolhouse that was nearby. The bridge was never painted and over time acquired its…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"The old slaughterhouse used to be the old schoolhouse. Herring Brothers offers lots of services for slaughtering, processing, and wild game."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"No longer able to survive solely on the old lifeways, Wabanakis now marketed their traditional arts, crafts, and canoeing skills to rusticators who…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"The Low’s Bridge washed away; it was 130 years old. It was a covered bridge across the Piscataquis River that connected Guilford and Sangerville."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Abbot Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Beginning with the first town meeting held at the home of Levi Newton, and then shortly after at the home of Peter Holman, town affairs were…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"After fixing up Jill, they went home. When they returned home, they found their kids, Jacob and Jane, who had just got back from an excruciating…"

Presque Isle Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Old Surry Town Hall, home to the Surry Historical Society X Working with the Surry Elementary School on the Maine Memory Network project has…"

Cary Memorial Library

"… Annie Louise Cary[/url] Cary Memorial Library 17 Old Winthrop Road Wayne, ME [b]Mailing address:[/b] P.O."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… worried about their trees because some were very old and valuable to their family and the land. People wanted to cut or saw off damaged branches to…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

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

"When the baby was just five weeks old, Stephen and Betsey Titcomb set out for their new home. They would have to travel 70 miles into the wilderness…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the oldest…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"The town was very grateful for the many hours volunteers spent on this old piece of history. To negotiate the heavily forested hills, roads were…"

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

"… Everett Quimby, residents of Rangeley, found an old suitcase while renovating the Rangeley Inn. The battered suitcase was packed with keepsakes…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"City Marshals The term City Marshal is an old word representing the head of the police department. Since 1967, city marshals have been called police…"