Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in Portland. The three teams learned to build their exhibits and websites for their projects."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Brown, James B. Neagle, Portland, 1892. Multhopp, Jennifer, “They Called Us Herring Chokers”, Memories of Maine, July 2007."

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

"… of 24 Lodges assembled at Masons' Hall in Portland to organize the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… was often published here before it arrived in Portland. Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

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

"… to board steamships bound for New Brunswick or Portland and Boston. Photo donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library In the 1890s, as the…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Cliff" and the "Maude M. Morey" had been towed to Portland for repair. Both boats were bought by the government, hauled into the Casco Bay, and sank…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… only if they were in sight; but, if not, the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth trains were to proceed to Portland without waiting."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… covering the rails from Chicago, Illinois, to Portland, Maine, and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat lines which also included the major…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

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

"By 1875 the consolidated company was in default. The two railroads separated and each reorganized. The E & NA was formally reorganized in October of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Jonathan Morgan, Portland, ca. 1869Maine Historical Society At the opposite end of the settler spectrum from the Vaughans were the young people who…"

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."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1972, Greater Portland Landmarks History of Cumberland County, Maine. 1880 US Census Data North Yarmouth Timeline by Elizabeth Singer Maule The Story…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Daniel Lunt of Falmouth in 1790; John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and William Thompson, all of Middleborough…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He also owned a ferry business that went from Portland to South Portland until 1896. He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… allowed the export of farm products south to Portland, Boston and Brighton, MA, and as far away as England."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Maine in the Northeastern Boundary Controversy. Portland: Marks Printing House, 1919. Print. City of Bangor, Maine. Annual Reports. 1930-1940. Print."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Resort hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No built in North Lubec by Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The shipyards of South Portland were a destination for many able-bodied workers, who helped with the construction of Liberty Ships."