Maine Memory Network

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

"Scarborough Becomes a Town. Freeport, ME: The Bond Wheelwright Co., 1955. Martin, Kenneth R. and Nathan R. Lipfert. Lobstering and the Maine Coast ."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Harlow Hill was named for Thomas Harlow, a farmer and the appointed keeper of the village pound for some time. Judge Charles W."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Turk (Mount Turk and Broad), Whaleback, Durham Hill, Hedgehog Hill, Pleasant, and Record are a few."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… that line both sides of the road on Steamboat Hill. Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Fort Hill, Biddeford, ca. 1906McArthur Public Library An example of this were Captain Benjamin Hooper and his sea coast patrol company "to Defend…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Route 9 bears northeast at Walnut Hill Village. Starting here, a portion of the road is marked as the North Yarmouth Memorial Highway, so designated…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"Many of them built graceful, stately homes throughout town--some even with winter homes "in town" and then summer cottages out at the Pool or towards…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… would then continue to the county seat at Paris Hill. As with all public roads, the cost of the care of this road began to rise."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"The proximity of these three towns to the larger population centers engenders a number of other diversities, not least of which is a significantly…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… View of Main Street Ridlonville from Day Hill, 1908Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Abbott School, Mexico, ca. 1930Mexico Historical Society One of the earliest schools in Mexico would have been built near the Dixfield town line, in…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Bogett's or Bogart's Hill, Lubec, 1934Lubec Historical Society An unnamed newspaper, possibly Eastport's, captioned the picture below: “This…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Scattered farms were located just “above the hill” going towards Carthage and Weld. Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to Poplar Hill. There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to the north side…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… throughout downtown Bangor and up Center Street Hill as far as Broadway Park. According to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible…"

Stetson Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Vital records from town reports of the Town of Cumberland, Maine: 1893-1960. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2005. Bourque, Bruce J."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… after our Community Meeting, team member Steven Hill, Greely Middle School history teacher, somehow managed to weave into his lesson plan a session…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"Others, John Gilley of Beech Hill among them, joined the First Maine Cavalry. John did not survive. He died of his wounds in 1864, at age 45."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… on the Saco River until 1789, when Jeremiah Hill, Esquire was appointed to the post. He served in this capacity until 1809, when he was succeeded…"