Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… of Route 4 North (Main Street) and Box Shop Hill Road. His home is one of many that was built prior to 1800 and still stands as a testament to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… in a committee to research and build better roads for the town. He was active in the Unitarian Church with his wife, Isabel."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"… at the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road. The British left a cannon ball hole in the warehouse and pillaged the town."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… administration- ya know they had public road projects paving streets so it wasn’t so bad here. The city was much worse."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"It was the only highway to Thomaston before roads were established along Maine’s coastline. Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Edwards was born in 1836 on a farm on Transalpine Road. He entered the military on August 21, 1862, at the age of 25. Mr."

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

"Eliphalet Greely, born on Greely Road in Cumberland in 1784, was president of Casco National Bank for 33 years and mayor of Portland for ten years."

Old York Historical Society

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United Society of Shakers

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Davistown Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was partly due to town road improvements, which eliminated the need to close school for up to five weeks during “mud” season."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico. John joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… stood on the corner of Main Street and Roxbury Road and sold medical supplies, codfish, tea, molasses, rum, hardware, and bolts of cloth."

Windham Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… is located in the West Village on the Wire Bridge Road, in a quiet country setting where people can picnic and enjoy the cold water of the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… tracks is a bit of track on the side of the road. It is used for boxcars that are waiting to be loaded."

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

"… was near what is now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Marston-Lawrence homestead still stands on North Road in North Yarmouth overlooking a small oxbow on the Royal River."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Veneziano had them run the “four mile loop” (four roads in Hampden that when combined make a four mile run)."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Road connecting Lubec and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… the resilient people of Guilford kept forging new roads and in fact paved some that had been only gravel for over a century."