Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… and multi-piano performances, and at some point everyone joining together for a rousing Mozart chorus or two."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in the 1880s, but was a year 'round community as well."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… switchboard moved to a small house on Pendleton Point Road, where operator Mrs. Charles Philbrick (Mrs."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… to or from nearby towns on this side of Penobscot Bay such as Belfast or Camden. One could travel by steamboat from Islesboro to Rockland and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… island of Islesboro, located in the Penobscot Bay, has a long and rich history, as one of the last coastal areas to be settled, in the mid 1760s."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… that came late in Warrabitta’s life, at Small Point, in Casco Bay, in which “Blind Joan” appeared along with “Great Agumagus” or Moxus, a Kennebec…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or Parker Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"A handful of land schemes in Passamaquoddy Bay sprang up under the jurisdiction of Nova Scotia in the late 1760s and 1770s, but they were small, and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… eight and nine merged into the "head of the bay district" in 1848. Like other schoolhouses, in the earlier years the school had had a wide age…"

Friendship Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"They settled in many places; among them, Parker Point in Blue Hill. The word rusticator is derived from the word rustic, which relates to country…"

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…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"Project Home Small Point, Phippsburg, 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… the Sea Coast in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay", raised at Biddeford and Pepperellborough (Saco)."

Abbe Museum

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they…"

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

"King's Highway MarkerCumberland Historical Society English Settlers Arrive In the mid-1630s William Royall moved to the Casco Bay region from Salem…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… was created at Mount Desert Ferry, in Frenchman Bay, from which a steamer ran to Bar Harbor. The island had already been getting visitors before…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug and plaster mills constructed where Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… all the way up Washington Street is Merrymeeting Bay, and much of residential Bath. X Out of all of these historical objects, people, and…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… roamed the wilds of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and security. Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony…"

Acadian Archives

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

"… a 15 square mile Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there is little need of a…"