Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Situated on an idyllic 10-acre parcel in Hampden, Riverside Park overlooked the tranquil Hampden Narrows of the Penobscot River."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths of a mile, cost 10 cents and included free admission."

South Portland Historical Society

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Museum at Portland Head

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Western Maine, well-known Deering High of South Portland; for Eastern Maine, the Hampden Academy boys, a team that had yet to win a state…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Gorham Parks Fassett was born on July 23, 1839. He was born in Freeman. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Parks."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park Avenue (1914), and the Rich Building (1892) and the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Building…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities represent a smaller, but growing portion of the listed holdings."

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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"She took a job on the Portland Transcript in 1855, and the next year published her first book of poetry, Forest Buds from the Woods of Maine, under…"

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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… of cheese, which was sold mostly to Lewiston and Portland businesses for 15¢ a pound. The cheese making business generated a need for more milk…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… to Farmington, Strong, Phillips, Kingfield, New Portland, and Anson. When a bridge was built in 1828 across the Sandy River, the stagecoaches…"

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

"… Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland, and northward, until on October 15, he preached at Lowertown, which we know today as…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… 21st century, and the legacy of Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor was called Eden for 1796 to 1918, and the last fifty years of that period was in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… and Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915) of Portland. Later on other famous artists, including Frederick Church (1826-1900), would be included in 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."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The site is now occupied by a small park. Considered the finest Greek Revival public building north of Boston, the Merchants Exchange was built at…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"It is now the site of Scarborough Industrial Park. In 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… goods in front of their shops, and sleighs are parked at the sidewalk. Brick commercial blocks at the right are dominated by the new Mussey’s Row…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… Chisholm’s proposed construction of Strathglass Park, a group of brick homes for the workers of the area."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… and up Center Street Hill as far as Broadway Park. According to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible at Bar Harbor almost 50…"