Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Once again, immigration into the United States increased rapidly and drove up the demand for lumber."

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

"… in England (1881-1882), Homer returned to the United States and moved to his family’s estate at Prouts Neck, where the sea and the cliffs in front…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… elected in 1972 and served through 1978 to the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1978, 1984 and 1990."

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

"Mr. Robert Whitten of the middle debunks this information as fluffery. His father, Charles Whitten, bridge construction engineer for the Maine State…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… a proclamation calling forth the militia of the United States. The residents of Maine answered with enthusiasm and volunteers came forward to…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… On Day 4 500,000 people from all over the United States came to help. We were without power and it also didn't look any better."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The Civil War had begun. Maine responded vigorously by supplying the U.S. Army and Navy with more men proportionately than any other state."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"During her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"When they returned to the United States, Charlotte attended Bangor High School in Maine. She stayed with relatives that were close in the area."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the Revenue Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard), commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… gave voting rights to “every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, excepting paupers, persons under…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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