Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"That Pioneer Spirit written by Bonnie Gray and Dottie Murchison revisions by Jeannette King, Mark Koscuiszka, Julie Housum, and Donna Vigue…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pioneer Club, Presque Isle, ca. 1915

"Forbes. Seated is Rev G. Park. The Presque Isle Pioneer Club was organized in June 1915 by the remaining living pioneers of the town."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Phair was a Presque Isle pioneer and a wealthy man. Phair was known as the “Starch King” because he was in the potato starch business."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"It started in 1847, when pioneers were interested in library service. The group organizing the library was the called Half and Half Club."

Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"The Portland Evening Express was a Maine pioneer in this new publication style. The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"These pioneering families migrated in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"… to continue the work of the MCHP and the original pioneer communities in yet a further statewide dissemination of the program."

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… to continue the work of the MCHP and the original pioneer communities in yet a further statewide dissemination of the program."

Stanley Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… were the most prominent of the local granite pioneers, with the largest quarries in Biddeford, located out along the Pool Road."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… to live near the water and so many of the early pioneers who needed to get supplies and get around settled along the coast and on the islands."

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Owls Head Transportation Museum

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… Chapter of the Daughters of America as a ‘true pioneer of education.’ In June of 1961 she was also awarded the title of ‘Professor Emeritus,’ nine…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Condon, Richard H."

Abbe Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… as a boy! In addition to agriculture, Holmantown pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Seven pioneer families, those of Thomas Eustis, Joseph Eustis, Samuel Knapp, Stephen Barnard, Isaac Gleasson, Benjamin Edwards, and Zebediah Mitchell…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Isaac Gleason was considered the pioneer of Mexico Corner. The Gleason farm, also known as The Intervale Farm, followed the contour of the…"

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

"Bangor and Piscataquis Canal locomotive "Pioneer," ca, 1890Bangor Public Library The line was just over 12 miles, from the station in the block…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… own landscape architecture business and became a pioneer in that field. Finally, the Champlain Society is significant because the sense of place…"