Maine Memory Network

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

"Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well as sawdust, which would have been available in…"

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Hampden Historical Society

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Maine Forest Service

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"A State highway construction plan proposed widening Water Street to a four-lane highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"Daniel Rose, who had been appointed the first State Prison Warden. Aerial view of the Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine c."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Supplement to the Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine, for the years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65, and 1866."

Abplanalp Library, UNE

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"He designed several large public buildings in the state and was building a business both at home and throughout the state."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

""Civil War Battle Summaries by State." National Park Service - Experience Your America. 13 Apr. 2009…"

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1941 the Maine State Legislature passed an act to create an independent state agency, the Maine Turnpike Authority, for the purpose of building a…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… Hallowell Web Master - ConnectME Authority - State of Maine Gerry Mahoney – Author, historian, retired FBI Agent Bob McIntire – Hallowell Area…"

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"But by 1846 Maine State Legislature set up a Board of Education that paid the teachers’ salaries from common taxes and helped attract teachers."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Technology John, grade 6 Maine was the first state to seize the potential of technology in classrooms X Technology in the schools is…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… included the Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and 151 barns. The Colony Expands Into Neighboring Townships The…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a home for nurses, with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… deployed some very good teams to play county and state rivals, but the first state championship didn’t come to Mount Desert until 1955."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… tower up to the lantern became property of the State of Maine, Bureau of Parks and Lands, coveniently adjacent to Quoddy head State park."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"The poor person’s relatives, if any lived in the state, were required to contribute to their support, in proportion to their ability."