Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… decision of the Federal Court now in session at Portland. August 4, 1870: The new depot grounds were visited in a mysterious manner last Thursday…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Mt. Abram High School and four MSAD 58 schools, as well Strong town office building, have switched to pellet boilers, and the mill contributes…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… Company were finally connected to those of the Portland Railroad Company, connecting South Portland to Saco and providing trolley service through…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… of wire (1/4 inch in diameter) from Boston and Portland. They then put the huge coils through a machine that reduced them into suitable sizes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. William KingScarborough Historical Society & Museum William King…"

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

"Dunstan and Portland were connected by a road inland from the marsh that went up a steep incline and over Scottow's Hill, but the hill was so steep…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"The school district brings Cumberland and North Yarmouth, separated in 1821, together again. Eliphalet GreelyCumberland Historical Society The…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Beginning in the 1860s, the Portland Railroad Company operated horse-drawn cars on rails that ran through Scarborough and other area towns."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… or gill-netting vessels, most likely out of Portland. Scarborough men have engaged primarily in coastal fishing, particularly clams and lobsters…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Secrets of a Salt Marsh. Portland, Maine: Guy Gannet Publishing Co., 1980 Van Cott, Leslie. “A Brief Scarborough Nature Center History.” Audubon…"

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."

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…"

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

"Serving the high school students of Cumberland and North Yarmouth, the Greely Institute building with its distinctive belltower was built in 1868…"

Town of Cumberland

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Westbrook Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Miriam Kelley” along with Leah Wilcox.* The Portland newspaper published photos of Miriam along with high schooler Wyman Ramsdell who “managed to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In 2008 the West Peru Elementary School was closed and a new elementary school, entitled Dirigo Elementary, was built to house students in grades…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"His diplomas were found in the suitcase. John was the son of Thomas R. Barry of Portland and Dorothy Mullaly of Fall River, Massachusetts."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Working his way up, he owned Webber’s Drugstore through the time span of 1912-1933. He was a school board member, and a Captain of the Third Maine…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"In 1829 he started the Portland Courier, in which he published his Jack Downing letters. When the letters first appeared in book form in 1833…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"High School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"As a teenager in high school and college, he researched the genealogies of his and related families."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.