Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He was responsible for the upkeep of the Wells-Brunswick road and helped transport soldiers to the Brunswick fort."

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… through merchants and businessmen, to the soldiers and heroes who lived and died here, and of the sacrifices of sweat, tears and even lives…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… into another cave where he destroyed five enemy soldiers. Throughout the entire operation, he went on numerous patrols in front of the lines and…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Once more we would welcome our soldiers home and once more we would live in peace for a short time. Now we would build again in our town and take up…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"and Robert Herring Sr. bought land from Bowdoin College. With this land they created what we know as Guilford."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"SEE NOTES Mattie A Pinette - Medals and AchievementsGuilford Historical Society After the successful landings and the liberation of France, Mattie…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… Society Before the Wharff house was built the land was all wooded area that the town had decided to change to farmland in order to build a house…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Carnegie gave $5000. Mr. Daniel Straw donated the land and another $5000.00 was raised by local citizens. Mr."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The Guilford Town Hall was built on land donated by the Martin family. This beautiful building was lost to a fire in 1928."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and a $250,000 Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In the year 1794 the Commonwealth made a large land grant to Bowdoin College consisting of four townships, one of which is now the incorporated Town…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading African-American…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"A December 1893 newspaper article stated that Leavitt Brothers shipped 100 gallons of clams to the Soldiers’ Home each week."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… she also served on the committee that erected the Soldiers Monument in Dunstan. She was chosen to unveil the statue before the largest crowd ever…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

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

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… General Court, anxious to see the "eastern lands" settled, readily made grants of land to individuals or larger groups."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"The town of Surry was no exception, with many families supporting themselves off the timber from its lands."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"A few people strive to subsist off the land by growing their own food or by wreathmaking, clamming, and blueberrying, while others work in both blue…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… potatoes, rye, beans and pumpkins on burned over land. Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… shipyard was located at the present day town landing. Frank Jellison, who served many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"A Revolutionary Was soldier, Col. Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Massachusetts, had heard reports and was spurred on to explore what would become the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… CIVIL WAR (1861-65) Because of the high cost of soldier's bounties to be paid by the city, the war had an overall negative economic impact upon…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Assembled.” “We the Subscribers, having been soldiers at Fort Pownall and now settled at a Place called Magebaggadeuce on the Eastern Side of the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"On the evening of August 21 the soldiers surprised Chief Bomazeen and his maiden. They killed the woman and a child and Bomazeen ran to warn the…"