Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… farms produced crops that were sold in the village and village merchants sold goods to the rural farmers."

Fryeburg Public Library

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"Book 100, page 571. Domingue, Robert. The Village of Cockell: An Illustrated History of Pine Point, Maine. Wilmington, MA: Hampshire Press, 1988."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… and Rumford High School merged with Mexico High School to form the Mountain Valley High School. Many athletic teams reached the state finals…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Center, 1857 X Settlements grow into Town Villages Settlement progressed rapidly in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American Revolution."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Dixfield DIXFIELD VILLAGE The Last Section to be Settled Dixfield Village as seen from Peru Side, Dixfield, ca.1900Dixfield Historical Society…"

Bangor Public Library

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Windham Historical Society

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Strong Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Dixfield Village has evolved into the focal point of the town, but continues to be very much influenced by our neighbors on the Common and in East…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… put up horses overnight en route to Dixfield Village, and a tavern and school were once located there."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The school was a mile from Dixfield Village on the Trask Road, now known as Leavitt Street. A school building was erected on Roxbury Road and one…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"After the salmon fishing, the village would break up into bands, or groups of related families. These would disperse into their traditional hunting…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"A Morning View of Blue Hill Village, 1824Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Upon his graduation the town of Blue Hill offered him a permanent position…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore. Granite and limestone quarries employed locals in quarrying and Maine ships in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"An engine was wanted from Bangor. The whole village was in great danger and would burn to the ground if help were not speedily had."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"West Peru Grammar School West Peru Grammar School, c.1940Peru Historical Society In 1991 Peru joined School Administration District 21 with…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… overlooking the harbor which would become the village of Biddeford Pool. Most of the settlers were employed farming, fishing or both."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Village Store and Homes, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… later Avery commuted to high school in Lubec’s village, class of 1916. The first ever Quoddy Light yearbook forecast a political career, the Class…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… in this city for Mayor Bragg, announcing that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Biddeford, 1673McArthur Public Library The village of Winter Harbor - west Saco was an increasingly dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th…"