Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"The school experienced some expansion projects that included outdoor tennis courts, a gymnasium, and an assembly hall that included a stage."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"District Seven school, known as the Parker school , had one of the best school houses in town. High School classes were taught in it."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Schools could be in private homes, in converted sheds or other structures, or built "from scratch." Children walked to school unless the snow was too…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"At one time, the town boasted 32 school districts, mostly one-room schoolhouses. In John S.C. Abbott’s History of Maine, Farmington was touted as a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… the Beech Hill district in 1939, the Granite District in 1920, the Witham district in 1928, the Billings District in 1921, the Long Island District…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"District 7 School, Roxbury, 1915Byron Historical Society Over the years Byron has seen businesses come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills…"

Bangor Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying areas 1904 • Lubec’s Civil…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… immediately began plans to rebuild the burned district. City officials guided the city’s Phoenix rise from the ashes, and sought to incorporate a…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Representative (D) from California’s 26th District. He died at 84 on August 13, 1991, the 29th anniversary of the bridge dedication."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… as possible..." Henry David Thoreau, 1846 The District of Maine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, became its own state as a result of the Missouri…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… appointed the first Customs Collector for the District of Passamaquoddy by George Washington. With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the…"