Maine Memory Network

Porter Memorial Library

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William Fogg Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… summer experience, including walking on the stone beaches, family bon fire parties, and indoor card and board games, especially Bridge, Canasta and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… western Maine will notice remnants of the past: stone walls that once enclosed open fields, lilac-shrouded cellar holes that once housed thriving…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"The memorial reflects Savage's love of the native stones on the island and the quiet joy he took spending time in the lesser travelled and beautiful…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… sand, uniformly graded to small stone to larger stone to very large stone on the other end. “The wave action must have done that over the years,”…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… uncovered parts of the Old Church on the Hill's stone foundation. X In 1825 the Congregationalists sold out their interest in the church to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… Waldo built the first limekiln in which to burn stone quarried from the former prison site for shipment to the Boston market."

Abbe Museum

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First Parish in Portland

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… by Mexico Historical Society About 1998, Jim Stone and Everett Quimby, residents of Rangeley, found an old suitcase while renovating the Rangeley…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Carleton made this stark record of its gutted stone shell so damaged by the heat of the fire that demolition was the only alternative."

Frye Island Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… in using the style to create imposing brick and stone residences for such influential individuals as Robert P. Hazzard, Jr. in Gardiner, Harry M."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… native materials such as wood shingles and local stone. While Stevens continued to work in the Shingle Style into the twentieth century, the more…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… unique blend of natural habitats, unique design, stone hardscapes, and hand craftsmanship. Ever vigilant of the natural landscape while not losing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… the Italianate style Church Block is made out of stone; the roof is a flat gable roof. The original building was built in 1863."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… of Andrew Mellon, built the 7,000±-square-foot stone and shingle 5-chimney residence called Blythelyn. Mr. and Mrs."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… quarries were in a good position to supply stone for buildings and streets to the growing cities of the Eastern seaboard."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He returned to Hartford to build a stone wall 100 rods long in eight weeks for $100. With his earnings he bought a pair of oxen for $50 and sold them…"