Maine Memory Network

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

"Wilderness Origins Long before the European settlers arrived, our region of Maine was home to members of the Abenaki tribe, who, together with the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… only tracks for early mail carriers through the wilderness north of Augusta. The first mail route to Strong was established in 1819."

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean themselves. They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a…"

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

"Chisholm and the future of the wilderness town of Rumford. Rumford Falls Looking South, 1916Greater Rumford Area Historical Society It took…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… artists in her time, including Thornton Wilder, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, and George Bernard Shaw, and her work endures today."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… trodden pathways necessary to create a town from wilderness. United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topographical Map of Farmington 1920 and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and the spotted line the only guide through the wilderness. Wiggin marveled at all that the area, including Presque Isle, had achieved in less than…"

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

"This exhibit is a brief history of how that wilderness was transformed by the creation of roads that we so often take for granted."