Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Hewes Point developed into Islesboro's second summer resort area in the 1880s, but was a year 'round community as well."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"It was later located on West Broadway, next to the Lincoln News office, then it moved into the Corro House."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… in 1937 and enlarged in 1950 at a focal point in West Peru. This school held up to 244 students in grades K-8, with high school students attending…"

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

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

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…"

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

"… of the fort, at which time they relocated to the west side of Thomaston. Thomas Kilpatrick, who had been assigned to command the militia, rebuilt…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"Showing the west elevation, this engaging presentation drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing."

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

"… remembers the steamboat years with fondness, and points out, “you knew people in Rockland better at that point than you do some people on the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… newcomer William King, who built a home on Shaw’s Point and later the Bath Bank building, the first brick structure on the Point, on the southwest…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The Sandy River flows into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… border with a less dense colonial presence to the west, from the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town. His brother, Frederick, had noticed a peculiar color of the earth and rock at that…"

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 - John Frank Stevens

"… Class of 2010 John Frank Stevens was born in West Gardiner Maine on April 25th 1853 to John Stevens, who was a tanner and a farmer, and his wife…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"West side of Front Street, Bath, ca. 1910Patten Free Library The buildings on Merchants' Row were all Greek Revival buildings."

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."

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

"… Androscoggin Rivers, and spread out along lands west of Casco Bay in small family and tribal settlements."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"He was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1869 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… the next year, he bought a parcel of land on the west side of Worthley Pond in the town of Peru. He contracted someone to build him a barn one year…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Lasell, Ensign to the south; Ram and Seal to the west. The Precambrian rocks of 700 Acre, Lime and Lasell Islands are some of the oldest in Maine…"

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…"

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."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… was established in 1814 and it lay south and west of the area of Canaan. The town of Milburn, east of the Kennebec, was separated from Canaan in…"