Maine Memory Network

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

"The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block Text by Kyle Bonti, Kelsey Brick, Michael Lawrence, and Morgan Vigue 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"Lincoln Block Text by Isla Brazier, Brody Losier, Haley Scott, and Brianna Swain 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block Text by Alex Anderson, Justin Collander, Dylan Crowell, Matt Nelson, and Lauren Quimby 7th grade students at…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"94 Front Street By Kyle Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"Treaty of Washington boundary map, 1842Maine Historical Society Many overlapping authorities had strong claims in this borderland, starting, of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… chose a cog railway, like the one used on Mount Washington, and had railway tracks built from Eagle Lake to the summit of Green Mountain."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"… into the regiment on the 15th and left for Washington two days later. On July 21st Henry was among the soldiers at the first battle of Bull Run…"

Alexander-Crawford Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… can be compeled to go and defend the Capital at Washington." There were 52,000 Democrats in Maine in 1860 and Emery determined that none would…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… 1923 with the Bureau of Weights and Measures in Washington, DC thus beginning service to her country that lasted 40 years."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Around Hallowell. One Washington Center, Dover, New Hampshire 03820: Arcadia Publishing, 1996 "Calcium Carbonate." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia."

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

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Moulton, Augustus. Grandfather Tales of Scarborough. Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925 Robinson, Brian."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… During the early stages of the revolution, George Washington gave orders for Benedict Arnold, a 35 year old colonel, to co-lead an expedition to…"

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

"at the corner of Vermont and U Streets in northwest Washington, D.C. Phebe and Olin met in Surry upon his return from five years on the battlefields…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Washington B. Thomas The Washington B. Thomas was a five-masted schooner of a type called a fore-and-after."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… the east of Robinson, was killed in a duel near Washington, D.C. in 1838, at which time Robinson was elected to fill the remainder of his term."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… the war, did you get enlisted? I was working in Washington after graduating from Colby, and I received a notice from Holliston that I was to be…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1868 and spend the rest of his life in Washington, D.C. When war broke out between the states in 1861, the first company of Biddeford volunteers…"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… its way from full statehood status was a vote in Washington to admit it into the Union. [28] For a detailed account of the transition in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… where’ in the form of a few paragraphs" Albert Washington Weatherbee was born in Springfield, Maine on April 30th, 1841 and died in 1904, in…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties, little interest from York County and objections due to the Coasting Law, the effort soon died…"