Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… Historical Society This early building had separate entrances for the men and women and a balcony in the back which opened into the church proper…"

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

"… to recall that borders connect as well as separate, and that the international boundary has often been used strategically in local and regional…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"There were separate areas for grain and corn storage, a room for weaving and living quarters for hired hands; a milk room for butter making, a pig…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Based on the voting record, islanders were not initially in favor of the separation. On October 29, 1819, a convention held in Portland created a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Entering students in 1905 were separated into two groups according to age. The younger group took four years to complete the course requirements…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… book progressed in difficulty for each student's separate reading needs. They also helped making teaching classes of mixed ages and grades easier…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… men who built them/Have long since passed away. Separate Neighborhoods By the late nineteeth century, Surry was a “ meandering mix of isolated…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… of 570 and was listed for the first time as a separate community in the U.S. Census. In 1896, the island officially became a town."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Bath, then called Long Reach, first achieved a separate identity as the Second Parish of Georgetown in 1759."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Campobello and Lubec established 1820 • Maine separates from Mass. And enters the union as 23rd state on March 15."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… Moving south past the Narrows, the sliver of land separating Bounty Cove to the east and Crow Cove to the west, one arrives in Guinea, home of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… of the Laurentide Ice Sheet over Maine became separated from the main ice sheet by calving in the St."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… been owned by an individual or organization separate from the retail businesses occupying the site according to city tax records."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The two railroads separated and each reorganized. The E & NA was formally reorganized in October of 1880, and ran till 1882 when the line (tracks and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… process, because I don’t like to see the hides separated from the bodies. The foxes sell between $1,000 to $3,000, depending what color fur they…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Although less than four miles separated these early villages, covering ground between the two was extremely difficult."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The town of Milburn, east of the Kennebec, was separated from Canaan in 1823. Lots belonging to the established town of Norridgewock were connected…"

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

"… in 1808, just twelve years before Maine separated from Massachusetts and became its own state."

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

"… across the tide-torn channel by which nature had separated peoples of common concerns. But work remained."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… and prosperity and in 1820, the year that Maine separated from Massachusetts to become the 23rd state, the road from Lubec to Machias was completed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… settlers in 1819 and Aroostook County which was separated from Washington County in 1839 coincides with the expansion of the western United States…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… it was in the town center and had two floors to separate grades. The schoolhouse was built in 1848 and was in operation for ninety years."