Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… residency at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He arrived in Scarborough in 1944 and opened his first office in the Marshview…"

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

"The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies in the country."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"[14] Willis, William, History of Portland vol. II (Portland: Charles Day & Co., 1833), 258. [15] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 33."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed forty people…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"All thirty-nine ships in the American fleet were either captured, burned or scuttled. The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N, C) National archives project. Ships registers and enrollments of Saco, Maine, 1791-1915. Rockland, Me.: The National Archives Project, 1942."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Early in the century, as the demand for wooden ships decreased, most of Bath’s shipyards closed. World War I created an increased demand for ships…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"W., William M. Sargent, Leonard Bond Chapman, and E. C. Bowler. “Book II, Fol. 113, 114.” York Deeds. Portland: John T. Hull, 1887."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… to William King regarding Missouri Compromise, Portland, 1820 Although delighted by the arrival of statehood for Maine, Preble expressed his…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"Meeting at Falmouth Neck (present-day Portland), the committee drafted a report entitled "The Separation of Maine from Massachusetts."[6]"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… one editor writing that "a vessel may go from Portland to Savannah without being under any necessity to enter and clear" burdensome state customs."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Map of Falmouth (present-day Portland) from 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"In October 1815, the Portland-based Eastern Argus newspaper began a thirteen-article campaign promoting separation."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

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

"… at the mouth of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… reflect the responsibilities of commanding a ship at sea. Born in Topsham, James Fulton Patten (1800-1883) lived much of his life in nearby Bath…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950 The large ships had short life expectancies, being driven hard and fast by their masters."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Flake Yard, Portland, 1854Maine Historical Society The fishing industry Before the advent of refrigeration on vessels, Maine's fishing villages…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."