Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… Historical Society Throughout Lovewell’s War, 1721-1726, the Indians and their French allies again made raids and attacks on the local settlers…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"After the war, about 175 remaining settlers left the fort and went back to their farms, and the garrison at the fort was discontinued by 1762."

Thomaston Historical Society

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… Historical Society At the outbreak of the Civil War, shipbuilding again declined. By then, most timber used for ship construction was imported…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He was an engineer during the War of 1812 and later practiced medicine in Boothbay and Wiscasset. He was a member of the newly formed Maine State…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… of the Great Depression, and one on the Civil War. The Thomaston Historical Society, a volunteer organization, relies entirely on donations to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"The Museum had three very special Civil War letters and anticipated future interest and work because of its upcoming 150th anniversary."

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Sebago Historical Society

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Rockland Historical Society

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Maine State Archives

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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National Archives at Boston

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Moosehead Historical Society

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Gorham Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II. Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… out on Swan's Island, and were inactive by World War II. Island resident Marion Stinson speaks of the hall: "I remember just one play there…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… used the house to take in boarders during the war. Clevie remarried after Mary, a Sunday school teacher, passed away in 1950."

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"The Civil War (1861-1865) also encouraged both the growth of the medical profession in the United States and the government’s investment in it for…"