Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… but there were also quarrymen from Italy and Scotland. The town grew quickly during this time and there was a large boardinghouse run by Mrs."

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"James T. Hall, a man from Scotland, was the first teacher. He was said to be rough in manner but was a successful teacher of the first class of 13…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… Park” in memory of his family’s origins in Scotland. Chisholm’s other interests were to develop an attractive business district to be constructed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… a sailor who came to New England from Glasgow, Scotland at the age of 14, landing in Salem, Massachusetts."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… British commissioner John Ogilvy (1769-1819) of Scotland and Upper Canada, US commissioner James Sullivan (1744-1808) of Massachusetts and Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"John MacGregor was born in the Highlands of Scotland on May 2 ,1846. The first part of his life was mainly school and working in the “whip sawing”…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"He had left Scotland at 14 and had lost a thumb in the Battle of Bunker Hill. They built a cabin where the Asticou Inn now stands."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… from Europe, especially Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, came to build the dams, canals, brick structures, and other buildings…"