Maine Memory Network

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

"… to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and then to the first Bounds mentioned…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"… damage were caused by the flooding farther south from the same storm system. 12. Millions of trees were brought down by the weight of ice. 13."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The quarry on South Street was opened to supply stone for the Western Division Railroad built in 1872."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed forty…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… did not see battle action, although he served in South after the war had ended. He returned home safely but tragically drowned in the Royal River…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Tons and tons of ice was shipped south during the later half of the 19th century. Forty-two ice houses like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… shipping halted, the ice was harvested by a Hampden company, Dirigo Ice Company and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration."

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

"… temperatures and pussywillows reported out in South Lubec. Then the blizzard descended, and went, leaving Main Street in this state near the…"

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

"… and for some time many of the settlers fled south away from the frontier, and most of the remaining natives fled north to Canada and deep interior…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… passengers, were located at Sweetsers, just south of the Nonesuch River; Oak Hill; Scottow, just before the marsh; Southgate, on the Portland end…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in Portland (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in…"

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

"… New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side, was built and located just uphill from A.C.’s parents and siblings living in the Old…"

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

"… George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now South Street. The panoramic view of the harbor was spectacular. The Inn was designed by William R."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The one in North Lincoln was owned and operated by Mr. Beathem, the one in South Lincoln was owned and operated by Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… they joined the Union states to fight against the South to end slavery and reunite the United States."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"THE BLUFF Further south on one of the two highest points of land on Islesboro was The Bluff, a settlement of only seven houses."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"We also had a nursing home located in South Lincoln. This was originally not a nursing home, so it was repaired in the spring of 1956 and on April 1…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of town, with a 12-inch distribution pipe."

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

"… the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading African-American troops. Olin is honored to this day by having his name listed on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… paper machines were installed, A, B, and C in the south end of the paper mill complex. The No's. 7 and 8 had been used to account for two little…"

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

"The shipyards of South Portland were a destination for many able-bodied workers, who helped with the construction of Liberty Ships."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… shell middens along the shores of Mill Creek and South Bay. The very word “Passamaquoddy” means “pollock plenty place” in the tribal language."