Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"Please join us in our exploration of Baird's quarry, from its working days to its present state."

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is here. Lincoln sold the papers and Bangor sold them; those towns are still here today."

Maine Historical Society

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Museum at Portland Head

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Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built. Later, they moved the store to their new location across the street to…"

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

"… Maine Hymnals of Phoebe Fowler (found in house attic in 1984) Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth 1890 Maine Census Index of Civil War Veterans…"

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

"… of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern seaboard states."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… of volunteers and representatives from town, state and federal commissions and agencies organized as the Friends of Scarborough Marsh (FOSM)."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… gathered their momentum and placed third in the State Softball Championship. They won Eastern Maine softball Tournaments and placed third in the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Resources

""A Brief History of the Maine Economy." Maine State Planning Office, June 2003. Web. <http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=97965&an=1>."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"… “It is true that there is a skeleton in every house, it may also be true that there is one in every heart; and God help and tenderly pity them who…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He was a member of the newly formed Maine State Senate from 1820 to 1824 and presided as President of the Maine Senate from 1823-24."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"L.H. White, the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr."

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

"… spring of 1912, an automobile craze had hit the state and the number of cars in Maine had quadrupled."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"The 1920 census stated that 566 people were living on Swan’s Island. It was said that each of the three villages had two stores at one time or…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… fire consumed two shops in the yard of the State Prison. The leather, carriages and corn stored within were destroyed, amounting to a loss of about…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Journey Home

"… center that would be second to none in the state. The qualities they brought -- a spirit of enterprise, a respect for education and a recognition…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… - Agriculture, Places Founding of the Farmington State Normal School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob…"

Fryeburg Academy Archives

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First Parish in Portland

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… available to them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows, oratories, chorales and…"