Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"A few years later in 1820 Maine separated from Massachusetts to become a state and agreed to continue the Treaty obligations set in the 1794 treaty…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… still stand today in 2013 and remain in use in separate locations. One portion, the Old Ell, remains in the ownership of Savage descendants."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… sent to the South Pacific and took part in four separate amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… salt marsh and rivers served as boundaries separating settlements that sprang up around their perimeters."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the effects of industrialization included the separation of families, causing poverty and homelessness for young women, Mary Merrick Flagg and Mrs…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"But 1934’s account required a separate 28 page publication. Blizzard, Lubec, 1934 Lubec Historical Society"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… Library According to the 1851 map of Bath, three separate buildings occupied the property where the Customs House was later built."

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

"… the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became a separate town with the name of Biddeford, after the town in Devon, England."

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

"… district brings Cumberland and North Yarmouth, separated in 1821, together again. Eliphalet GreelyCumberland Historical Society The history…"

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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First Parish in Portland

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United Society of Shakers

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… the war prompted King to take up the cause of separation from Massachusetts. Beginning in 1813, he became Maine’s chief proponent for statehood…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Our Shared History Separate yet Similar Riverside Farm, North YarmouthNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"When I was separating branches to get to the power lines, one came loose and almost hit me. My controller Jeff asked, "What the heck was that?" and I…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… description of these bridges is available as a separate exhibit. About a mile from the West Village on Route 27, on the way to New Vineyard and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… county by enforcing laws, conducting trials, and recording wills and deeds. These functions are separate from those of the Bath City government."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… because he wanted to keep his military career separate from his home life as much as possible. Gary died October 3, 1993, while trying to save…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… the ones who could care less if the South was separated from the U.S. Theresa Clifford "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?"…"

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

"… that began with a petition to Massachusetts for separation. He realized his goal when Maine was recognized as a state on 15 March 1820."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Town, Many: Ancient North Yarmouth We are now two separate towns, but more than three hundred years ago, North Yarmouth and Cumberland, together…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… 1954Swan's Island Historical Society The separation between islanders decreased further when the three schools consolidated into one in 1951."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… noise came from his upper spine, caused by the separation of his neck and back, therefore causing further curving of his head forward and downward."