Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… sports, do band and chorus, so I am always on the road. My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… we have ambulances that have certain rights on roads that allow them to get to patients quicker. These are some ways early hospitals and modern…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He bought two lots on the present-day Military Road. In the winters of 1824-1826, Jeremy taught the first school in the area."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"It is located at the intersection of Lee Road and Main Street. A major event about this church was that Isaac Burton donated a clock for the front of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Until the automobile in the early 1900s, roads and businesses were suited for people on foot, carriage, or railroad."

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

"In later years the river came to be known as the Royal River, the name it carries today. The Royalls were one of the earliest European settlers, but…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"New road construction projects were not always well received by property owners whose land was bisected by the new byways, and early records tell…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"6 Old Brunswick Road Bath, ME 04530 (207) 443-8270 http://www.bms.rsu1.org email: hcorrigan@rsu1.org Maine Community Heritage Project The Maine…"

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

"… Phebe’s junior, Olin became a distinguished Civil War soldier and ended the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads. With good conditions, they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from…"

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 - History of Surry

"… growth of the settlement to a village and a town; roads and houses on the hillsides in place of the retreating forest."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… lined up all the way from the river to the Main Road waiting their turn to off- or on-load goods. Hampden merchants maintained wharves, warehouses…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M. Carroll’s A Good and Wise Measure: The Search…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… began carrying train cars across the Kennebec River to the Knox and Lincoln railroad line that ran from Woolwich to Rockland."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Civil War Monument was dedicated to those who had fought in the war from Bath. The Monument stands 30 feet tall and is constructed of granite and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"In 1893 they dissolved and Arno Chase established his operation at the intersection of Main Street and Tuttle Road, and had 10,000 feet of glass in…"

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

"Eliphalet Greely, born on Greely Road in Cumberland in 1784, was president of Casco National Bank for 33 years and mayor of Portland for ten years."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Ledge” near the coast (at the corner of Gilman Road and Route 88 in present day Yarmouth). Rev. Loring’s sons Thomas, Levi, and Jeremiah purchased…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region.” Bath Historical Society, 1997, “The Sesquicentennial of Bath, Maine 1847-1997.”…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… to the Liberty Theatre, to honor the end of World War I. After the Liberty Theatre closed in 1923, the building then became the Liberty Garage in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"People went out on the river ice in the winter and cut blocks of ice with large snows. They stored the ice in big barns with hay and sawdust."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… the water line connecting from the New Meadow's River. The break in the line could have been fixed except the company was not willing to pay more…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… was situated on the road now known as Barker Road across from Herrick Mountain Road, in New Vineyard."