Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605McArthur Public Library Gorges engaged his friend Richard Vines to lead a settlement over the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"X The cities of Biddeford and Saco have long been a center for lumbering, textiles and shipbuilding."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"CONTACT Balloon view of Saco Bay, including Biddeford Pool, ca. 1880McArthur Public Library Got a question or comment about what you have seen…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(M) Downs, Jacques M. The cities on the Saco. Norfolk, Va.: Donning Company, 1985. (N, A) Emery, Edwin. The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Ed."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… of Biddeford is when the Klan paraded through Saco and tried to come to Biddeford--the story goes that the Irish blocked the Bradbury Bridge and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was built around 1853, and before the coming of Samuel Batchelder and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… equipped for carrying ice, were loaded in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent out."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… Souliere Britton Wolf Abbe Museum Dyer Library/Saco Museum Hudson Museum-University of Maine University of New England And of course, the amazing…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… has produced real originals, individuals whose impact has reached far beyond the banks of the Saco River. Click on a name at right to read more!"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Library The village of Winter Harbor - west Saco was an increasingly dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Biddeford and Saco downtowns, ca.1887McArthur Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… at Winter Harbor Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca. 1910McArthur Public Library The earliest settlers lived almost entirely in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Veterans law services, Biddeford-Saco, 1864McArthur Public Library During the war years layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… Bay", raised at Biddeford and Pepperellborough (Saco). The company served as a patrol along the coast for the towns of Biddeford, Pepperellborough…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"The Saco River was particularly effected. Man rowing during a flood, 1936Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Gannett Newspapers issued a…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… by Michael Hoy Log driving began in Maine on the Saco river in the 18th century. It was a way of transporting a large amount of logs to mills by…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… Historical Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland, and northward, until on October 15, he preached at Lowertown, which we know…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"ABOUT US Biddeford High School - B.H.S. Project ASPIRE At Biddeford High School, our shared vision is that all students will graduate with the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"1905McArthur Public Library Biddeford High School & Universalist choir musical program, 1891McArthur Public Library South Side of Main…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… were being educated in public or parochial schools, moving on to public, parochial or private high schools--boys and girls."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"Photograph by Jamiee Beatson, Biddeford High School. X Biddeford, however, has other plans for itself."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… Photograph by Jaimee Beatson, Biddeford High School X Why do we see the name "Thacher" everywhere in Biddeford? Where did we get many of our…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… working first as an apprentice at a sawmill in Saco, William joined his sister Elizabeth and her husband Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"The tract was slightly north of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad tracks and the western edge bordered the marsh."