Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The parade included several Street Floats, Clubs & Organizations Floats, Business Floats, and area fire trucks, antique automobiles, several bands…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"1882Maine Historical Society In 1884, a railroad extension from Bangor through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… of firsts for Biddeford: the opening of the steam railroad (only 5 hours to Boston!), the first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… & Bayley on Pine Point Road, almost across the street from Snow’s. Thurston & Bayley not only bought clams from diggers, but they developed a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… owner, donated a parcel of land on Upper Main Street, which was more than adequate for a school. Project trustees were appointed November13, 1947."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… and built three houses for his sons on Main Street. Jeremy Porter's house was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located…"

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

"… Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In the late 1700s, the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… onto it in 1894, expanding it all the way to the railroad tracks. The factory, which made ladies shoes of many styles, was very successful and was…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… at the bottom of Greenville Street before the railroad tracks. After many experiments, the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of the state. Photography and photo journalism became a major focus for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… Schedule he was listed as living on Decatur Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died on May 19, 1898, and is buried in the Village Cemetery in…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"In the early 1850’s, Hallowell built a railroad, and also in the 1900’s, the first automobile came into Hallowell."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… Society One of the most ambitious projects was a railroad built on the property. It consisted of a double wooden track running from behind the…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… population with the advent of electricity and the railroad. Saw Logs Over the Dam, Guilford, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"In 1874, John H. Murray’s Great Railroad Circus came to Lincoln. In total there were 71 actors, and they all stayed at the hotel."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Historical Society In 1958, the B & A Railroad discontinued passenger service. Piscataquis area schools formed in the name of Piscataquis…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… estates belonging to bankers, industrialists, and railroad men. The Boston Symphony was playing regularly by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… from a locomotive on the nearby narrow gauge railroad—fire broke loose on Pleasant Street on October 22, 1886."

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Railroads were tracking westward to vast new sources of wood products. Steamboats with iron hulls replaced wooden sailing vessels."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"At the turn of the century Guilford had the railroad, woolen mills, a newspaper, and even a cinema. What the town needed was a library."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… balloon in Bangor, the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others. He speculated in the second scrapbook about things he…"