Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Soon after the islanders vacated Malaga, the State took two more steps to complete the purging of the community."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The tea house was mostly destroyed and is not here today. Guilford Hardware moved to the site around 1980 and suffered great damage during the flood…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel. And so that small cluster of houses started its transformation, too."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Walton of the Supreme Court of the State of Maine opened a law office before 1905. Henry W. Park came to Mexico from Dixfield."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"In 1884, a school house was situated near the Bluff because the local students had to travel too far to attend the Parker School in Pripet."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Telegram, Sunday June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… the Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert Island, and the State of Maine. About the Maine Community Heritage Project (MCHP) The Maine Community Heritage…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"1900Mexico Historical Society Dr. Walker was the earliest educated physician, whose residence occupied the site of the Henry Parks house."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"1860Maine Historical Society As a United State Senator in 1868, William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) of Portland was one of seven Republicans to vote…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… offers extensive insight into the history of the state of Maine, as well as to the development of photography as a technology, discipline, art…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The egg house had sawdust insulation in the walls and an ice bunk in the center. The wooden egg cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston…"

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

"Both were councilors in the state. Hutchinson’s political ties were crucial during the early days of the company."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Braeburn hotel, the Turner house, either way, the lots have housed people for just under one hundred years."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… of the Bangor Savings Bank building on lower State Street near the foot of State Street Hill. As a large crowd gathered to watch the disaster…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… the Maine Historical Society and the Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration between local schools, historical…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"2 ed. Lakeville: Grey House Publishing, 1999. Print. Whitman, Sylvia. V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II (People's…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Portland Public Library

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… Esq., was to select 25 of these lots, have the state clear five acres on each, and build 25 log houses. When W.W."

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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

"Samuel B. Chase built a brick Federal style house in 1831 that housed two carriage shops. The business had ramps that were used to haul vehicles…"

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

"Another item related to sawmills is that of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thus balancing the number of free and slave states in the nation."