Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property Text by Steve Collier and Sandy Collier Images contributed by Susan Paquette through the Surry Historical Society…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"History of Surry Surry Historical Society Text written by Lynn Bonsey, with sections adapted from Surry, Maine: An informal History by Osmond…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… link to learn more about cutting ice on Cascade Pond in Hallowell. “Ice Mania” was the name of the icing industry; by a Maine newspaper in the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Bridge That Changed The Map Text By: Carl W. Stinchfield Return to Online Exhibits Maps are often changed when bridges are built which alter the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"Wood Products of Strong Text By: Carl Stinchfield and Dawn S. Pratt Return to Online Exhibits The importance of wood products to the Town of Strong…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations The Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R. picnic, Strong, ca. 1895 Members of Post 134 of the Grand Army of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Knights of Pythias The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Groups, Clubs & Organizations Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Jeremy Porter home, Strong, ca. 1880Strong Historical Society Fly Rod's mother was a Porter, and through her she was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Fannie Brackley and doe, ca. 1937 Crosby served as a role model for young women interested in the outdoors."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

""Fly Rod" Crosby Text By: Ben Godsoe Return to Online Exhibits Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby (1854-1946)Maine State Museum Cornelia “Fly Rod”…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Exhibits

"Online Exhibits Our MCHP Team has put together the following exhibits. We hope that you enjoy exploring them as much as we have enjoyed working on…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond. The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"… narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Pond (Little Ellis) and Silver Lake (Ellis Pond or Roxbury Pond). Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name the Indians had…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond. The town's tax assessor in 1792 reported 50 houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… at Black Point about a half mile north of Great Pond (later known as Massacre Pond), because the "neck" was too far away to be accessible to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The absence of a lake shore or a pond for summer recreation was in part replaced by shallow pools on the Swift River, known as ABC, and covered for…"

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

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… Clay’s parents ended up moving to Cold Stream Pond in Enfield, and Jonathan Clay, Jr. later married a girl from Freedom, Maine."