Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union River and north to Ellsworth Falls. On an early settler map of the area, this section was…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"The petition met the King's approval, so on March 2, 1762 the petitioners were granted six townships between the Penobscot and Mt. Desert rivers…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills ."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17. Sanford and their infant daughter Leila both died…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… graduated in 1874, she started to practice in the Bay Area back in California. After that she applied back to San Francisco Medical Society in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… of the Union River and 6 townships east of the Union River were granted. The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now Orland, #3 now…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"The quarrymen and engineers later joined the Quarrymen's Union. The Bodwell Granite Works was the subject of a lot of labor actions, including a 5…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… all the way up Washington Street is Merrymeeting Bay, and much of residential Bath. X Out of all of these historical objects, people, and…"