Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… a burial ground on Mill Island where Roundy and Wood first landed indicate that the native American presence here dated back to almost 4000 years…"

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

"John Roundy was 36 and Capt. Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Originally, the islands and the mainland were known as Stratton's Plantation. Settlement (1631-1674) Captain Thomas Cammock was the first legal…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Deep Roots: A Maine Legacy, 1990.---(SORL) Wood, Esther. Hannah: Reminiscences of an 1850 Childhood, 1982. Wood, Esther. Saltwater Seasons, 1980."

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

"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… carpenters and cabinetmakers, and also produced wood-block patterns for the oil-cloth factories. Later it produced wooden lasts for the shoe…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… migrations between villages.” (Ghere, 513) Wood Island and lighthouse, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Their doom was just…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood forest. The preserve contains three miles of public walking trails."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… reveal that he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were leaking and extremely heavy to maneuver."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Young boys searched the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"The wood was still wet so the planks on the bottom of the bateaux didn't stay together and leaked. 1775 letter from G.Washington to B."

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

"… along the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south along the length of Long Island glaciers left exposed a rich vein of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Labor intensive saw mills, woolen mills, and wood related businesses, along with hydroelectric facilities, took their place along the flowing…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"From deep wood teepees they would track deer, caribou, moose, and bear. They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… room to grow, to build their own house with the wood from the forest, and to have extra farming land. They chose Lincoln for all of those reasons."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive. Those settling on Toddy Pond eked out livings as farmers too…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… on its side, the bottom rammed firmly against the wood piling. The Canadians scrambled onto the trestle, never getting their feet wet."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters, spinners, weavers all offer their wares at these events."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association But wood rots. Salt spray and dominating fog wreaked severe deterioration within twenty years."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… (remains of which can still be found in the woods), sheds and stables. Blue Hill Fair, ca."