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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"Enjoy your brief visit with us through this living document as we journey back to a former age to explore the times and trials that forged our…"

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Alfred Historical Committee

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Allagash Historical Society

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

"Hurrah!! Hurrah!! Whora Whora the flag that makes us free, So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the Sea While were were marching through Georgia."…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… accompanied by Howard L Sampson who was paying us a visit from Harrison Maine we had no band of Music as is usual on such occasions ..." Martin…"

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Ultimately, like a good family tree, they help us to appreciate a spirit and tradition of creating gardens at the turn of century that still…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… in this deed [should] be construed to deprive us the Sagamores or Successors or People from improving our Ancient Planting grounds nor from hunting…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… the primary legacy of these efforts prior to the US-Canada northeast border commissions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was one…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“ It was a eery mess.” She added, “ it made us appreciate the things we have.” “Neighbors helped each other out whether it was letting them stay with…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… a friar came in from Charlestown media and saw us giving a 24 hour pass to go home and spend the night with my parents and by that time my mother…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… our class your wonderful resources and allowing us to work with copies of your archives. Work Cited www.nylandermuseum.org/History.htm, 6/25/06…"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… and effected businesses, and the ways it effected us and how it was cleaned up. There will also be oral interview videos."

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Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… accounts of New England places that not only tell us about times gone by, but also offer hints and revelations for the modern visitor."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"12 Dec. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/us/12cnd-storm.html?... (accessed Apr. 15, 2010). Just Shelley- The Ice Storm."

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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Skowhegan and Madison might be just ordinary towns, but Lakewood that sets us apart. Research for this essay provided by Skowhegan History House."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… launched in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US Navy. In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General…"

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Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Farmington Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"… “I hope that you will join the ranks of us who have worked so hard for better education in our schools in Surry. “ Claude L."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… with dear old Big Thunder, when the waves rocked us in his little canoe, and when we glided like shadows, while twilight fell around us so softly…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… coupled with its rugged energy, provides for us all a quality of life that beckons us to be at once together and alone."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… identities in this project will also lead us to a greater understanding of the things that connect us."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… in establishing the border, and subsequent US-British treaties gradually tried to make sense of its language starting with the Jay Treaty (1794)…"