Maine Memory Network

Windham Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… the 1960s.) When Ruth Attean graduated in 1935, the school had 36 residents. Just over a decade later, enrollment had climbed to 140 students."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"As per the will of its residents and its newly drafted constitution, Maine would enter the Union as a free state."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"While indigenous tribes resided in areas across the region for centuries before, Maine was settled by Europeans in the first half of the 17th century…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… the style to create imposing brick and stone residences for such influential individuals as Robert P. Hazzard, Jr. in Gardiner, Harry M."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… College in Lewiston, and the John and Sylvia Lund Residence in Augusta. A devout Christian Scientist, he designed the First Church of Christ…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Until the late-20th century, residents and visitors could shop for food and other supplies, fill a prescription at the pharmacy, watch a film at the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… was taken to the town fathers by the village residents in 1926. They provided donation of money and in-kind work up to $500 as long as it was big…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… woolen cloth, which were salvaged by area residents. Some Scarborough Historical Society members remember wearing coats and snowsuits their mothers…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Visitors can easily access beaches, shopping, Beech Ridge Speedway and Scarborough Downs from the highway; and residents have access to a high-speed…"

Caribou Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… a store, and an elaborate mansion for his own residence. According to local history, Swan's close friend General Henry Knox used this structure as…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… Recognizing the Tragic Expulsion of the Residents of Malaga Island, 124th Legislature, April 7, 2010."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Many residents credit their interest in the town to the neighborhood pilgrimages. It is unclear when the Native Americans first came to the area they…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the smoked herring business employed every male resident over the age of 10 in the Washington County town of Lubec.” Lubec’s 20-foot tides were…"

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

"After the War many Maine residents had moved West in search of a better life or to join family members who had also migrated."

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

"… across the narrows, a dory owned by a Campobello resident and the contractor Callahan Brothers' flat bottomed, square bow skiff, operated by one of…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of buildings in the current city limits, mostly residences outside the downtown area, stand as testaments of that period from the mid-eighteenth…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… as buying, developing, and selling land to summer residents along the Eastern shore of Northeast Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… their bigger primary year-round homes to summer residents to bring in additional income. They would relocate their families to smaller, more humble…"