Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Invitation, Farmington, 1903

"… been mailed much as we would now mail items to "Resident". It has a one cent postage stamp and cancellation marks from Farmington."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Summer residents began to buy their own property and built family homes, establishing a second summer community for the island."

Eliot Baha'i Archives

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… large boardinghouse, there were over one hundred residents, a couple of stores, and even a dance hall. Mr. and Mrs."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… 7,000±-square-foot stone and shingle 5-chimney residence called Blythelyn. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn Haskell built Dundree on Parker Point in 1914. Mr."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"They worked hard to make it happen. The residents of Walnut Hill built the “Great Schoolhouse” (c. 1780 ) near the Walnut Hill Cemetery on Route 115…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The hospitality of Blue Hill’s year-round summer residents made the new residents feel welcome. Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"The residences of Summer Street reflect Hampden’s 19th century wealth, for Hampden was a place of increasing industrialization."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Residents include a mixture of lifelong residents with roots reaching back generations, retirees drawn to the town's rural character and seaside…"

Stetson Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"Many of the summer residents did not fare as well and lost their fortunes and were no longer able to maintain the lifestyle that had become so well…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"… an original settler, and the family continues to reside in the area. At the request of the citizenry her remains were taken to the rotunda of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"The residents of Presque Isle, seeing the growth brought by the railroad, were desperate to have train service and approached the New Brunswick…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… Northerners, Mainers, and Biddeford and Saco residents faced a frenzy of emotions. On April 3rd, the Union celebrated the capture of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer residents, and retirees have come to call Blue Hill their home."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Lead by summer resident turned year-rounder George B. Dorr and summer residents Charles Eliot and John D."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Desert, though it had been the summer residence of Native Americans for generations and had been given the name "Pemetic" by them."

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Farmington Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"Island resident Marion Stinson remembers, "You could buy a pork chop for ten cents." Smith owned a team of horses, most likely to transport his…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Many residents felt strongly about their town, as Ethel West, a resident of South Rumford whose home was on the bank of the Mt."

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

"In 2011, there were approximately 350 year round residents, down from a high of 900 residents. The types of business in the village of Northeast…"

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

"… Greater Portland’s bedroom communities, where new residents and founding families alike benefit from the nearness of Maine’s largest city while…"