Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… on Treat’s Island 1806 • Hopley Yeaton petitioned President Jefferson to establish a light at West Quoddy Head 1807 • President Jefferson initiates…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"In response, President Abraham Lincoln sent out a call for a volunteer army from every state in the Union. The Civil War had begun."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

""President Presents Medal of Honor to Lincoln Soldier's Wife." Lincoln News (Lincoln) 26 Feb. 1994: 1-3."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… would be the future Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton. He was just a normal kid, a lover of basketball, a boy who worked hard to…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"However, for his second term President Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as his Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin was very important in putting Maine on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… own horse track and a golf course where, in 1910, President William Howard Taft would play. The little village had become the social capitol of the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"In 1806 Mr. Crosby was named the president of the First Bank in Bucksport. It was the only bank east of Wiscasset, but due to the carelessness of a…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… a former Guilford boy who had played in the President's band for a number of years. A ball followed the concert and a large gathering of ladies in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"President Theodore Roosevelt once spoke at Bass Park. In 1978 Jimmy Carter attended a presidential town meeting at the auditorium."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"and British provinces. In 1790 President Washington organized the Revenue Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard)…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… 30th Governor in 1863-64, was additionally president of the Kennebec Log Driving Company. By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Harbor Times was a letter from Gerald Rich, the president of Pemetic High School’s student council: “The students of Pemetic would like to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… share in 1932 and agreed to stay on for a time as President. The Canadian Pacific discontinued use of electricity and switched to diesel."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He served as the Bank’s president until his death in 1882. Businesses As Bath has grown and changed, the buildings and their purposes have also…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The first president of the Bangor Anti-Slavery Society was John Godfrey. During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home."

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

"… trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson hoped that Britain and France would see value in the rights of a neutral…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… per share and agreed to stay on for a time as President. The Canadian Pacific discontinued use of electricity and switched to diesel."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"president, links two great nations. Spanning the start of the world’s longest international border, this art in engineering opened in 1962 between…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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