Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… group went to a luncheon and conferences at the House Restaurant, visited the White House, and met with members of the Maine Congressional…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Since the Ellipse serves many purposes throughout the year, a cut tree rather than a living tree was used until 1972."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… began with the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution in 1783; the treaty stated that the eastern boundary of the United States was the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"In the Maine Woods, Forest and Stream, The American Angler, Rod and Gun, and The American Sportsman magazines carried her articles about Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Upon the death of his father, Arthur headed west to Ohio to seek his fame and fortune. What he received instead were some great lessons in life as he…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Almost every veteran was enrolled, including five American presidents: McKinley, Harrison, Grant, Hayes, and Garfield. To be in the G.A.R."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… 1776, Betsy Ross, often known as the maker of the American Flag, reported that she had sewed the first American Flag."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"The small village transitioned from a place where most of the residents were Savages into a residential community of middle age, wealthy retired…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"5.Frank Hodgdon, “The Way It Was,” American Journal, 8 November 1995. 6.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used them for crop fertilizer and fish bait, as well as food for themselves; early settlers…"

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

"In 1870 they lived in a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in Strong."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… days later the bill passed on the floor of the House, 193-59.[29] Finally, after three decades of planning, organizing, lobbying and failure…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Many rusticators lived on Parker Point and the creation of The Homestead boarding house provided incentive to spend long summers along Maine’s…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Maine’s Native Americans, the Abenakis, had been decimated by European disease. The original charter of Blue Hill stipulated that shares of land were…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the 36°30' line.[33] Initiated by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise, as it was known, was tough to swallow for many Mainers."

Old Berwick Historical Society

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

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Stephen was governor for eight years. He made choices about what the tribe would do and made big decisions."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the present day, farmers, fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Like other Americans, Mainers noticed that the flu seemed to be just as dangerous as the fighting. Private Harvey Foster received letters from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The turmoil culminated in this region in 1676 with raids on both the Hammond Trading Post at the Narrows across from Chops Point on the eastern shore…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"In more recent years the building was used by Bath Iron Works and the U.S. Navy and for more than the last ten years by R.M. Tate Co."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"He told the Ellsworth American that he wanted to celebrate the music that had brought him and many others so much joy over the centuries, the music…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Little information exists on the exact nature of the island’s use before European settlement, but the island holds ample evidence in the form of…"