Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… clusters of four contiguous lots were drawn as a unit at random and provided to groups of four families/friends who wished to work together."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… village had become the social capitol of the United States. Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, attended. He wrote, "This was one of the most magnificient sights I ever witnessed in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Still, the economic swings of 19th-century America affected "The Lumber Capital of the World." Instability of credit and of money itself as well as…"

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

"Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society Following the close of the war, Dunn & Elliot (D&E), established a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1997. Print. The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-1999. 2 ed."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… timber reserves of the northwestern part of the United States and the completion of the transcontinental railroads helped to bring this chapter to…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and a tennis court was built as was a 24-unit senior citizen’s complex, which soon expanded to 40 units."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society As with other areas in colonial America, much of the trade was done by bartering. The first winter in the settlement, while waiting for…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The town has watched its fortunes, much as the Fundy tides, rise and fall as the abundance of herring and demand for sardines disappeared."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… was becoming the 15th Vice President of the United States under Abraham Lincoln's first term. However, for his second term President Lincoln chose…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thus balancing the number of…"