Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Desert Island, to settle conflicting claims to land ownership.Mount Desert Island Historical Society After the Revolutionary War, on February 17…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The 10-acre tract of land that was once home to one of the preeminent amusement parks of Eastern Maine, host to nationally-known traveling…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… requesting that settlers be confirmed in their land holdings • President Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"While poor white families received public assistance, Maliseets were denied public assistance until the late 1970s."

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

"… Bridge is completed and the company are ready to land passengers and freight upon their new grounds, a good roadway will have been completed and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… be moved from its location at the high school to land across from the library that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company in 1947."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and goods."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Elizabeth Abbott who had originally donated the land. Barn raisings were the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… classes and monopolized virtually all of the land.) Mary Catherine McAuley, noted both for her faith, practical nature, and her devotion to…"

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

"… where squatters and proprietors argued over land rights, and even in coastal towns like Portland, newly arrived squatters offset some of…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… rose towards Walnut Hill, following the swell of land that we still notice today. This route was certainly taken by Walnut Hill's six original…"

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

"… to cross the choppy waters towards the Lubec landing. But the dory, following, lost power. The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… during the 1880s and was known as the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company. This organization subdivided and brokered much of the Dark Harbor…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Thirty of the 32 miles was actually over private land. A light inspection of the equipment was done daily with more rigorous inspection performed…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and a $250,000 Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to that state and requesting that settlers’ land holdings be legalized. The petition included the following reasons for seeking incorporation…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould purchased 6,500 acres of timbered land on Hobart Hill, about four miles southwest of Presque Isle."