Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the Gleason…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… beginning in the southerly line of the county road 100’ westerly of the northwest corner of land conveyed by Lucy Knox to John Paine, whereon…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Small, Harold A. The Road to Richmond: the Civil War letters of Major Abner R. Small. New York: Fordham University Press, 2000. Smith, Ned."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… but what a place once it is done.” Across the road from the Wharff house is the Valley Grange Hall and seen through the back kitchen window, the…"

Blue Hill Public Library

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Museum at Portland Head

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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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Swan's Island Historical Society

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Sebago Historical Society

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National Archives at Boston

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… canned goods there was on the side towards the road you had to ask for everything you wanted. You couldn’t go pick up a loaf of bread or do…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… western end of the building, farthest from the road. A Dr. Dennison used to give shots on the second floor."

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

"The home still stands at 290 Atlantic Road, and is currently owned byCharles and Ernestine's daughter, Nancy Davis."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular Swan's Island Tea Room, but it once served as a home for…"

Whitefield Historical Society

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… occasions, physically assaulting them on the road or even in their homes. Clashes between the Great Proprietors and frontier residents climaxed in…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… to substantiate company land claims, and the roads, mills, and meetinghouses they built helped make the rest of the proprietors’ tracts more…"

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

"… of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the selectmen."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads. With good conditions, they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Horses pulled the stage over roads that are closed today. Bowery Corner, an old intersection connecting various roads in the Severy Hill area, put up…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… holes that once housed thriving families, two-rut roads that lead seemingly nowhere. Some will see these things, enjoy them as part of the scenery…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… at all times but especially in winter on roads built and maintained by each landowner who built permanent gates across their part of the road to…"