Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… in Fall River, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and Germantown, Pennsylvania. He is remembered as a prolific writer of hymns, the compiler of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

Old York Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine Historical Society The story of the District of Maine's separation from Massachusetts began long before Congress approved its request for…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"If Maine were to become independent, ships would be forced to port in every state beyond New Hampshire."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… or Hancock counties, little interest from York County and objections due to the Coasting Law, the effort soon died out.[16] District of Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Additionally, towns in York County sought to remain part of Massachusetts because of their close proximity to Boston, while towns across the District…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Summarized list of grievances (in sidebar): Hatch, Maine, 108-109. An original list of grievances can be found printed in the The Falmouth Gazette…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Industry Julius Wolff, a food broker from New York, arrived on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in 1875 attracted by the abundance of small herring…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Then he left and went to New York in 1835. He only lived in New York for five years when he died of natural causes on June 7, 1840."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"People from New York came to buy furs a lot. Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… principal architects, Carrere and Hastings of New York for a project in which the Stevens firm served as associate architects."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… an office in the Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric offerings."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"New York: New York University Press, 2019. Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Sources: The Continental Paper Bag Company press, 1905 H. Schedler Photo Engraving, New York Kiesling Bros. Press, New York"

Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Higher education was later provided at Stephens High School on York Street. It was built in 1911, with additions being made in 1915, 1917 and 1931."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"This gold was sent to New York and proved to be enough to convince investors that a fortune was to be had."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to Poplar Hill. There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to the north side…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Trask went with his biographer to New York where they sold the booklets for ten cents each. The sight of Mr."

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

"… at first connecting Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth)."