Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"When Ms. Farrand was converting her Reef Point estate into a horticultural research library and created a non-profit foundation, she asked Charles to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1853 they built the steamship wharf at the point and talked the Eastern Steamship Company into establishing service."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Ringing Point, as it is called, was constructed upon the property of the former Dane Cottage, and still remains standing to this day."

Abbe Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Dixfield citizens traveled from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Mr. Small drove the team of two horses with the reins going out through a small opening. Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Miss Pine Point, Scarborough, 1938Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Various types of boats have been used by lobstermen through the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Small chipped stone arrow points mark the arrival of bow and arrow technology, in addition to the age old spear and atlatl throwing board and dart."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… built in 1937 and enlarged in 1950 at a focal point in West Peru. This school held up to 244 students in grades K-8, with high school students…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the present town of Madison and it is here at Old Point that the unfortunate event occurred in August of the year 1724."

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

"… remembers the steamboat years with fondness, and points out, “you knew people in Rockland better at that point than you do some people on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… were never seeded lower than fourth in the Heal Point Standings in Western Class A. They were seeded #1 in Western Class A for five straight years…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… dates of working there are unknown, but at some point he created a stunning annotated painting of the operations and the people, as it appeared on…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… first half of the 20th Century and reached a low point of 1270 in 1960. Summer residents were one of the biggest employers in town in the early…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… of the First Social Library in Cumberland at some point after the 1855 meeting was followed by the establishment of another library prior to 1897."

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

"… Island, Pownal, Freeport, Harpswell, and the Mere Point portion of Brunswick. It was one of the oldest and largest towns in the Province of Maine."

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

"… here if you don’t have a lot of money… at that point you did. Because, you know, Bar Harbor, Northeast… those are people with money." Interactions…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… than any other citizen of Maine for the healthy point of view with which aviation is regarded here." Charles Lindbergh at Old Orchard Beach…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection still acts as the point of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and…"

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

"At this point North Yarmouth was becoming a more permanent settlement; in 1727 ownership of lots had been established and Yarmouth village was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… newcomer William King, who built a home on Shaw’s Point and later the Bath Bank building, the first brick structure on the Point, on the southwest…"

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

"… grade reaching 48 feet above high tide at the point of greatest elevation. Achieving the ramps to this grade required much fill."