Maine Memory Network

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

"… Historical Society & Museum The Thomas was en route from Norfolk to Portland with a cargo of coal."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"There I was met by Ayers with 2 yoke of steers and by Whitman with 2 yoke more, they having been sent to my aid by Nelson Rose who had gone ahead…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Old Orchard Beach and Saco following what is now Route 1.(1) Trolley at Dunstan, Scarborough, ca."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The mill is over 150 years old. It is located on Route 15 in the center of Guilford, on the right coming from Dover before the green bridge."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society In the 1920s on State Route 15 in Guilford, a small lunchroom and filling station was opened for business known as the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Herring Custom Meats. The building was located on Route 15 in Guilford, right where you would find Herring Brothers Slaughterhouse today."

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

"… which met in the meetinghouse at the corner of Routes 115 and 231, and Cumberland residents localized to the church at the Route 9/Blanchard Road…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"When he was in seventh grade, Albert had a paper route delivering the Bangor Daily News. He had fifty customers, and woke up at 5:00 AM and delivered…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… he built overlooking the marsh on what is now Route 1 still stands. When the British attacked Lexington in April 1775, the Provincial Congress…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

South Bristol Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"The 2 1/2 mile route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep grade. Granite slab in transit, Hallowell, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… known as the “Measuring Rock,” still stands on Routes 2 & 27. As you head south out of Farmington, past the transfer station, on the right at the…"

Baldwin Historical Society

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

"… Route: Walnut Hill Road to New Gloucester Road (Route 115 to Route 231) Around 1740 settlers from Gloucester, Massachusetts had followed an early…"

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

"… years, the King’s Highway was the only land route between the Province of Maine and Massachusetts.(2) Milestone on Kings HighwayScarborough…"

Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… 1890s that Aroostook farmers had a more direct route to markets in Boston and New York. The demand for Maine potatoes and starch changed the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"Clapboard walls, double hung 2-over-2 windows, inviting front porches, and cedar shingles are seen everywhere."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… in a Model T Ford on the dirt road that was US Route 1 from Falmouth Foreside. If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads."

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

"… moved North a good distance across present day Route 3 and sited to an out-back location off Asticou Way where it stood until it was torn down on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… body is buried not far from Lincoln, along US Route 2 in Haynesville. “Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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