Maine Memory Network

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

"At Dunn's the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad came through in 1849; here was located North Yarmouth's first railroad depot ."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Early Schools Text By: Kathy Lambert Return to Online Exhibits The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Nineteenth Century 'Melissa Trask,' 1884Maine Historical Society Shipbuilding Seafaring enterprises played a major role in Surry's economy…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"His father John A. Tompson was a trucker who transported goods and produce in the city. Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Free Library In addition to Zina Hyde, John Swanton and John Jameson, architect Francis Fassett was another key person connected to the Hyde…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Wilson. In 1829, when he was 20, John Hayden started a watch and jewelry business. In 1863 he sold it to Howland and Donnell, who had both been his…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"1888Nordica Memorial Association CAMPMEETING JOHN ALLEN: John’s parents, William Allen & Love Coffin hailed from Chilmark Mass., on the Island of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Kidder, William M. Hall, Frank G. Parsons, John Burnham, Clark Houston, David Brown, Victor Abbott, and Orville P. Tucker."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"John Patten built the Sagadahock House. The Patten family were also shipbuilders and at one point had the largest fleet in the world under a family…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"The architect of the Columbian Block was John Calvin Stevens, who was the best architect in the State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… traders, including Ballard Green, Eli Merrill, John Paine, and Patrick Keegan continued to carry on extensive business in English and West India…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… Frederick Peterson, Fred Berquist, Alfred Tall, John Tall, Lars Erick Anderson, and Hedeens. Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Adams. Captain Morris contacted General John Blake of Brewer, head of the Eastern Militia, as soon as he learned that the British fleet was heading…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"But there were monumental exceptions, such as John D. Rockefeller’s 100-room “Eyrie” and New York physician Edward Dunham’s sprawling “Keewaydin”…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Passamaquoddy, office at Flagg’s Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"John McBride Shipyard, Lubec The John McBride Shipyard, located on Water Street, launched a number of schooners and barkentines in the 1860s and '70s."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… built along the Sowadabscook Stream in 1835 by John Crosby. It used no machinery; the paper was pressed in hand screens and stretched on poles to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… History of Islesborough, Maine: 1769-1893, John Pendleton Farrow, 1893. History of Islesboro, Maine: 1893-1983, Islesboro Historical Society, 1984…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"John Paine arrived in 1805 from Bristol, Maine, settling on the western side of town, where he built a grand two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home…"

Abbe Museum

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Old York Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"John Church deeded two and a half acres of land to the citizens of Farmington, to create a Village Center."

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

"Mr. Davis also stated that a John Bartlett came to the West Village in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the…"