Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Coast Guard in 1939. Gray served West Quoddy until 1952, retiring only when unexpected injury mandated."

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

"… then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and then to the first Bounds mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… industry with factories on both the east and west coasts working at capacity to supply the Army and Navy with three million, one-hundred can cases…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and beaches, graceful dunes, and lush marshlands. Two long thin fingers of land create a large, naturally…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"It is moving West North West at 14 MPH with 40 MPH winds. September 6th 1954 8:00 PM Tropical storm Edna becomes a category 1 hurricane and is now…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… Thomaston and the last barkentine built on the coast. “Reine Marie Stewart,” sailing out of Panama, was sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Many of the ships built on the Maine coast were owned and crewed by locals. Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore."

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

"… land into lots and built along the immediate coast, particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall, one of the earliest settlers of…"

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

"… book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine coast."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical Society In 1605, after making landfall at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… & Museum As settlements moved away from the coast, east-west roads were developed to intersect roads extending inland from the Boston Post Road."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… War (1860-1864) marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Soon smack-men were sailing the coast, buying lobsters to carry to Boston and New York. As the demand for lobsters grew, something else opened up the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… some of the most sought after acreage on the East Coast. 700 Acre Island, Islesboro, ca. 1905Islesboro Historical Society SEVEN HUNDRED ACRE…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… it as a path to the ocean and places along the coast, became a priority as the state grew, resulting first in ferries carrying wagons and carriages…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… the first female doctors to practice in the West Coast of America. She was a very motivated woman and did many great things despite the lower…"

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

"At the Corner, West Pownal Road, set out in 1799, veers west to New Gloucester while Route 9 continues north to Hallowell."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Group, The Lunkhead Club, The Literary Society of West Farmington and The West Farmington Village Improvement Society were just a few."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Being an inhabited island off the coast of Maine, a lighthouse somewhere on the island is to be expected."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Much of the lumber stock along the east coast was already gone. Builders looked to the vast and nearly untouched lumber resources of Maine…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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