Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… work for many laborers and the businesses that supported them. The largest and most well known of the Swan's Island quarries is Baird's quarry, and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… their husbands earned the wages that financially supported the family. The first woman manager of the Swan's Island Electric Co-op.Swan's…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"… under funding from a private foundation, to support community partnerships a few years after Maine Memory Network, which was unveiled in 2001, came…"

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… under funding from a private foundation, to support community partnerships in the first few years that Maine Memory Network, which was unveiled in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… records show that the community has financially supported the medical welfare of its general public."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Although unsuccessful, attempts for separation made during the 1790s engendered organized and lasting support for the movement."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"With their continued support and encouragement it is our hope to update and expand this website into an informative historical record of Mount Desert…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"Learning expeditions support critical literacy, promote character development, create a sense of adventure, spark curiosity and foster an ethic of…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"… and volunteer Dick Shaw for his tremendous support of this project. Many other people volunteered their time and effort to help with this project…"

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

"As often happens, businesses which can support war necessities did well, and hired workers. Manufacturing in Biddeford and other cities which had…"

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Unfortunately for separationists, gathering support was difficult for their movement, which some thought unpatriotic and embarrassing, in light of…"

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… cartoons, maps, podcasts, and other creative supports. Hallowell downtown on the screen in background X The process took ten months to…"

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

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - About Us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The soil is rich and supports farming even today. With such fertility and abundance, it is no wonder that humans have lived and flourished here for…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"… our city's eductional and cultural communities, supported by the Maine Memory Network. The goal of the BHP is to make the history and stories of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"Immigrants not only served to support the industries of Biddeford and Saco, but many also opened their own small businesses."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Churches Townspeople have a lengthy history of support for their religious institutions. The history of one in particular, the Strong Methodist…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… a Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and Republican supporter, drew the "Republican Wigwam," a temporary building that was located at the corner of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"Martin wrote that Ladd supported Andrew Johnson and that Ladd said, "if the radicals refuse to admit our representatives to Congress" Johnson would…"