Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"The local citizens, looking forward to their arrival, welcomed the Knox family in a formal address. For his part, Knox clearly loved the town of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"After he arrived in East Thomaston, Sagurs filed papers at the law office for the arrest of Atticus as a runaway slave and had D.N. Piper search Mr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"John Paine arrived in 1805 from Bristol, Maine, settling on the western side of town, where he built a grand two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Part of the Sweet Chariot tradition is to go out into the harbor once the windjammers have arrived, and serenade the passengers before coming ashore…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes which arrived at Maine Historical Society both independently or as part of larger acquisitions."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… Drews and the Pierces Among the first settlers to arrive in what is now Hallowell were shipbuilders from southern New England who soon realized…"

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"… were handcuffed for a short period of time upon arrival to their cell. Today's jails are cleaner and more secure than in the 1900’s, and people who…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"After accomplishing this, which we did very handsomely, we went around to the front, where we arrived at about dark, where we stopped all night in a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… but then where is it? The first settlers arrived in the 1760s and in the early town records it shows that the townspeople voted: To see if they…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… Historical Society Stock for the stores would arrive by boat. In 1894 when the first steamboat began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 4 of 6

"… to Maine in increasing numbers after 1760, many arrived only to find that they were cannon fodder for the proprietors’ legal battles."

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

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

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"The first white settlers arrived in the late eighteenth century, drawn by the abundance of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical Society Railroad Station, Stockholm, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… town of what had to be a truly unusual event, the arrival of an itinerant "Negro woman doctor." Just who this unfortunately unnamed physician was…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"When Dr. Vaughan arrived in Hallowell he brought with him his personal library of 10,000 volumes, second in size at the time only to Harvard College."

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

"… here dated back to almost 4000 years before they arrived. Dedication of monument to Blue Hill's founders, 1910Blue Hill Historical Society…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"When European settlers arrived in the early 1600s they, too, quickly learned the value of the marsh."

Stetson Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… by Mexico Historical Society When George Ridlon arrived in 1894 and realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company bringing jobs…"

Tate House Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his brother John to operate the Burnham Brothers studio."

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

"By the time the fire department arrived, after 4 am, the "roof was undulating like an inflated balloon" (page five)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… settlers with very different notions of property arrived in the Dawnland, forming coastal outposts devoted to fishing, logging, and fur trading."