Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Mr. Boyce used to arrive to Lincoln around 7:00 AM, but after he got his first automobile he would now arrive at Lincoln around 4:30 AM."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Henry Jocelyn arrived at Black Point in 1635 and remained involved in the early settlement for nearly forty years."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… hard labor and peeseverance we after much trouble arrived at Mann Hill house. Ayers stopped and helped me unload. Set up stove etc."

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

"… Fisher, both from Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, arrived in Lubec and immediately set an elaborate plan in motion that ultimately resulted in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the population grew as summer visitors began to arrive at Islesboro during the mid-1860s, it became more necessary to provide further businesses…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Small chipped stone arrow points mark the arrival of bow and arrow technology, in addition to the age old spear and atlatl throwing board and dart."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"About an hour and a half later, at 11:20 AM, the special train with train engine number six and hose number three from Portland arrived."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Albert J. Gulesian arrived in the small town of Lincoln where he first helped operate two hospitals, on West Broadway."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"1910. Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical Society The railroads would not only offer a means of transporting…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Winter Carnival arrivals, New Sweden, 1936New Sweden Historical Society In the club there were also older people."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"He arrived in America in 1872 and worked in the quarry on Dix Island, in Penobscot Bay, off Rockland He was thought to have come to Hallowell with…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Then a group of year-round loggers arrived and built the camps out of logs (surprise!). The buildings were usually huge, having to hold hundreds of…"

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

"… of French Canadians, Irish, and other newly arriving ethnic groups. Labor intensive saw mills, woolen mills, and wood related businesses, along…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"They arrived children, students, and friends. They left crying, grieving, a smaller crowd. Wyman Ramsdell lived near to Miriam, and the day of the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century, Islesboro's early settlers depended on privately owned boats for transportation…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… this trading post, perhaps explaining the later arrival of southern New England family names over the next century. <- Prev."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… a ship’s rigger, who was born in Denmark and arrived in the area in the 1830s. He and his son, by the same name, became sail maker/riggers and…"

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

"… as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families. Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… around the falls, and Scots-Irish immigrants arrived in greater numbers throughout the 1740's. The lumber industry was also thriving despite the…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… the new village began to grow and more settlers arrived, simple subsistence living including home-grown produce and home-raised livestock, along…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… I-95 X Until the mid-1800s, the only way to arrive in Lincoln was to paddle up the Penobscot River, walk the ancient Indian footpaths while…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… Hockamock Head) was used before Europeans arrived. This name has been translated in two ways: either as the “evil spirit” or as the “place on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… were initiated and soon settlers began to arrive, forming three distinctive sections within Township No. 1 called Holmantown."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Portland, 1820 Although delighted by the arrival of statehood for Maine, Preble expressed his disgust with the circumstances in which it was…"