Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"The shift from the Pool to Falls Village began in earnest. More entrepreneurs came to town, to lend their visions, enthusiasm, and indeed their names…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The original proprietors were residents of the village that would later become Cumberland, as well as of the Walnut Hill area."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"Its depot was at Buckfield Village, the business center for the area. The train was a very popular part of the town."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… shifting from Winter Harbor up the river to Falls Village. Prior to the building of the first bridge in 1758, the only way to cross the river was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"In 1911 this building housed both the elementary and high schools. Click on the photo and zoom in to view the outsized portraits of Maine Governor…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Oddly, though, after the village was cleared from Malaga, nothing ever happened on the island. No hotels. No spas. No second homes or cottages."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… in her piece "On a Porch in a Maine Coast Village." Listen to "On the Porch of a Maine Coast Village" written and performed by Ruth Draper  Draper…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… of the the island’s eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Historical Society Bridge construction and village streets, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society But for the roadway most bridgework was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site. And, no settlements resulted from early European explorations of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… of the employees are residents of the towns and villages in which the canneries are located. Quite a number, however, come from the islands in the…"