Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… business employed seven or eight islanders full time and up to a dozen part time, but the business could not be sustained."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824 Kennebec Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records Place Names and Continuance Plan for towns along the Androscoggin River, ca."

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

"… and Lobstering Lobster Fishing The first recorded lobster catch was in 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by George Waymouth, set a…"

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

"… began probably as early as 1903.(2) The first recorded formal race was 1911 and the last, 1913. One might assume that some Scarborough residents…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… settlers fled to Portsmouth and beyond and town records were taken to Boston, where they remained until 1720."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… the Sons of Liberty and his house and financial records destroyed. Richard King died on 27 March 1775 on the eve of the Revolution."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… of diking corporation meeting minutes and notes recorded by George Boothby. (1870s). Scarborough Historical Society archives Cumberland County…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… but they remained as essentially separate entities. An old record book of Scarborough has no entry until 1669, eleven years after incorporation."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"Reasons for additional stand alone records might include separate storage, different provenance, or preservation."

Leeds Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"Her diary entries record the many times she fell from her horse, sometimes seriously injuring herself in her efforts to reach a patient in distress."

Westport Island History Committee

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Federal Census Records: 1790-1930. City of Bath Real Estate Assessment Records: 1830-1930. Other Resources Used Photographic Collections: Patten Free…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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

"… overlooked in the era of women’s rights and not recorded for posterity as such because these women were doing everyday things that just needed to…"

Surry Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"The first records of ships being built are in 1787 when Elias Snow, probably of St. George, built a vessel for which there is no name recorded."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… are references to early shipyards and builders, records are nonexistent. By the time Thomaston was incorporated in 1777, several enterprising men…"

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

"… with organization, company, and individual records, by Charles J. House. Portland, Me., 1903. Print. Stanley, R.H. and Hall, George."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"According to town records the Parsons Bridge was the first bridge built with town money. The bridge was a five-span structure, with granite block…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… Poet Laureate of the state of Maine, and he recorded his impressions in a piece written for the December 2004 issue of Down East magazine entitled…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"The 1790 census record lists “Sandy River, Middle Twp.” Soon it became known as Readstown, for the settlement proprietor, William Read."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"It is believed that the townspeople at the time reduced their livestock before the winter season enabling them to avoid the tax bills that arrived in…"