Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… set upon very short legs, who came from over the sea to make his home in Hallowell? Johnny Stringer lived in a little house up on Academy Hill…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… see the world wasn’t restricted to boys going to sea. In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… largely cleared of trees, providing magnificent sea views for the newly arrived rusticators. Blue Hill Landscape, 2009 X By 2009, a new…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… Belfast, the owners decided to try to vessel at sea and headed for Rockland. They had not considered the tide -- and the bottom propeller prevented…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… free, So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the Sea While were were marching through Georgia." View additional information about this item on the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"These pioneering families migrated in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… well understood that the rewards of a life at sea might be few organized a Seaman’s Relief Society in 1848 forwarded relief packages to the Colored…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… shells, though there are also remains of oysters, sea urchins, fish, waterfowl and deer. Their size and quantity suggest longer periods of use…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"… came by boat and she celebrated her birthday at sea. When she came to New Sweden it was her and her uncle. Later her mom joined them."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… and trade taking place both on land and at sea, and still further to developing and protecting areas of land and natural resources within the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… places, so that there is the appearance to one at sea, as of seven or eight mountains extending along near each other."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea, perhaps, and may they do as well as those who are now citizens of every land."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“Transforming the Garden of the Sea; The Individual Place in the Manipulation of the Scarborough Marsh.” Snow, John. Secrets of a Salt Marsh."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… continued to make their livings from the sea and from the land, and some of them worked at the paper mill in Bucksport."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… the responsibilities of commanding a ship at sea. Born in Topsham, James Fulton Patten (1800-1883) lived much of his life in nearby Bath, from…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… pertaining to the Newburyport, Mass privateer Sea Flower; Revolutionary War documents; French spoliation claims for the brig Hope; records of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… corner of the park called The Spirit of the Sea. But what was there beforehand? An earlier fountain, called Stork Fountain, was destroyed in 1952…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… has always been a place where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were built in…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters. The men went deep sea spearing for (Passamaquoddy) porpoises and seals."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The older boys in almost every family went to sea as ordinary seamen and many of them died at sea. The heyday of American shipping was from 1815 to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Horse Show Clear skies, a bright sun, and a mild sea breeze made the second day of the Horse Show at Bar Harbor a brilliant picture."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools throughout Hancock…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… of Lubec, the city of the same name across the sea sends hearty congratulations. Signed, Senate of ther Hanse Town of Lübeck.” The weekly Lubec…"