Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Mail came from different places. These places included Bangor, Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… were provided with another way to get to other places. The highways were not so easily accessible for people, meaning people had to travel a little…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Also, it was a place where people could hang out; there was a pool hall and a theater named The Family Theater."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The U.S. and people from Lincoln did not fight in war until the last two years that the war took place."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"A year of change for the library took place in 1895, when it was replenished with $200 to purchase books and remodel."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… the time of how long the conversation took place on the back of the tickets. This switchboard helped us learn more about communication, and it…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… able enough (mentally and physically) to leave a place where their lives were established amidst family and friends—a place already labeled on a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… the time it was open, the hotel was a popular place for weddings. In 1874, John H. Murray’s Great Railroad Circus came to Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… that live here now probably came from other places to work in the spool mill. While our ancestors were here, it helped the town develop."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Libby is like a lost dog because he went to a place where he thought he was going to be safe, but he got stuck in a place where he had to fight to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"Then they didn’t always need to go to Bangor or to WalMart to shop for clothes. Also, Carney’s store had a variety of clothing and shoes, even…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook. Lincoln merchants would put information in the newspaper to help their sales."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Also, he could build his home, farm, and store because of all the lumber we have in Lincoln. Third, he could bathe in the rivers since it was moving…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… they decided to build a movie theater in its place. That new building played not only movies, but plays and art shows also."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"First, in the middle of Osgood’s they had a place that was called the “Little Folks and Shoe Department”."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"The entire “war” took place in what is now Aroostook county and New Brunswick. When the Governor called upon the state to organize its local…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby liked fixing wheels for people because he probably didn’t have anything else to do besides work on the farm, which he probably got bored of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… because he was one of the first men to build a place on Cold Stream Pond. Maybe if he wouldn’t have gone to war and people from Lincoln didn’t…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"We might not have some of the buildings in the time they were built if people didn’t have a place to buy hammers, nails, bolts, and screw drivers so…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… ferries were flat and made of logs; the logs were placed side by side like a flat boat. The ferries came to Lincoln in the mid 1800s."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… the 1930’s, Gateway Motors was opened in Casino’s place by Mr. A.E. Webber, and it was a Chevrolet car dealership. On July 4 1961, Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… widely known and people wanted to go to a famous place to by furs to make coats, hats, and scarves. Silver furs were very popular and there were…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… represented in daguerreotype copies of paintings of Joseph Leland of Saco and Ezekiel Day of Portland."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"She still wears the turban and much of her costume of the olden time, which is in admirable keeping with her courtly manners."