Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"He was an early trader with the West Indies, “trading largely in sugar, molasses and lumber principally.” He was the owner of the first ship, the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"The west also appealed to big companies because there was a greater amount of trees there, for the companies to collect their lumber from."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water)…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… where he first helped operate two hospitals, on West Broadway. The hospitals were the Stratton Hospital and the Margaret Workman Hospital. Dr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… in the east, and Farmington Academy in the west as the locations of the State's first Normal Schools."

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

"… to the anchorage, the Middleton strayed slightly west, then north, of the intended course. Unnoticed by the crew, the ship was sailing toward high…"

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

"… Jr., Esq., was given the task of mapping the west side of Mount Desert Island, to settle conflicting claims to land ownership.Mount Desert Island…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… is funded by member communities including Bath, West Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woolwich, and Phippsburg."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… be employed to break into the north side of the west end of the quarry. The coopers must be so regulated, and supplied with heading, as to be kept…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Society The Blue Hill Country Club, on the west side of the inner harbor, began at the turn of the twentieth century."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… he sold clothing door to door in the Howland and West Enfield areas. Around 1934, Peter sold his barber chair after finding that the clothing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"Byron Porter’s house on West Broadway, and they then had four beds. They again ran out of room and moved to a bigger hospital on July 9,1937 when…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and other trading ports. After the British burned and destroyed Portland’s merchant…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"3, First Range North of Plymouth Claim, West of Kennebec River (T3 R1 NPC WKR). As settlers moved to the area, it became known as Middletown and…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… parts of the original township of Surry lying west of the Union River in Ellsworth were set back to Surry through the influence of Leonard Jarvis."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and all the way up Washington Street is Merrymeeting Bay, and much of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… young men along the eastern seaboard traveled west to seek their fortunes, some chose to experience the northern frontier of Aroostook County."

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

"… also stated that a John Bartlett came to the West Village in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1900Northeast Harbor Library Percy Hill had a jewelry and optical shop and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… urban areas along the Eastern Seaboard and as far west as California has brought new life to Blue Hill since the end of the Second World War."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The Catholic Church is located on the west side of Main Street, so the reason he bought his house on Ballard Hill was so that he could be within…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Civil War Veterans, West Surry School, Surry, ca. 1890Surry Historical Society Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Lawrence River. While others looked toward the West and the new horizons, Hugh set sights on the East and the vast natural resources that would…"