Maine Memory Network

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

"… in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation. Communication also improved with the advent of the telephone in the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station. Next to the block was a barbershop, another grocery store outlet, plumbing shop, Western…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The passenger station was located on Riverside Drive in the building most recently occupied by the Red Cross."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca. 1890Lubec Memorial Library Schooner Whitebelle Wreck, Lubec, 1931Lubec Memorial Library…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the island leaving only the Weston hydroelectric station formerly owned by Central Maine Power. One natural resource that has always been, and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"She originally wanted to be stationed in the Philippines. It was this choice that, unfortunately, brought her years of serious hardship."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… their produce to Castine to sell to the British stationed there. Approximately seventy families lived on Islesboro at the time."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Soon Farmington had a gas station on Main Street. Yet, as quickly as the town changed, much remained the same."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The passenger station was located on the corner of what is now Riverside Drive and State Street along the edge of the Prestile Stream."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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