Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Jonathan Holman, Deacon Asa Waters and Capt. Andrew Elliott, all of Sutton, Massachusetts, spent a considerable amount of time in August and…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"East Side Businesses, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1895Hubbard Free Library Ezekiel Goodale -- Book Seller, Printer and Publisher."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"How’d you get water? They had a water system at the time. We didn’t have refrigerators so I remember a man coming around with ice and we would eat…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… will be some three or four feet above the highest water mark. Dec. 8, 1870: Saturday night our citizens were greeted with the whistle of the first…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… were established thanks to three bodies of water that run through New Portland. Lemon Stream is found in the West, the Carrabassett River in the…"

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

"Water had breached the breakwater at Richmond Island and the Fannie and Edith drifted westward toward Prouts Neck."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"A Celebration on Water Street, Guilford, ca. 1908Guilford Historical Society In 1903, The Library Reading Club proposed the town support a library…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"The flour and water cracker was often dunked in coffee or fried with bacon to make it more palatable."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Bounds mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water, and Islands; and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.” The area described in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… are really nice and kind of breezy because of the water. Good thing there’s no ice yet, the river would freeze and I might not be able to take the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… often get around by walking, by horse, or by the water. These ways allowed people to come through the town of Lincoln."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… capable of bearing eggs) are returned to the water. The trap is re-baited and reset until the next haul."

Maine State Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… force, fire department, highway department, water district, sewer district, highway department, and librarian."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"McBride, James, The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 1996, Riverhead Books, New York."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills. The Penobscot River itself provided a smooth and reliable…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the only State Park that is accessible solely by water. When the first settlers arrived on Islesboro, they found mostly spruce and a scattering of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed because of the need of water for both…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… bridge was created by people wading across the water with logs to build a bridge to get to Upsala."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 4 to November 9, 1921, a well was drilled and a water system installed in the school. In 1923, the school finally received a cement foundation and…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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