Maine Memory Network

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

"Eliphalet Greely, born on Greely Road in Cumberland in 1784, was president of Casco National Bank for 33 years and mayor of Portland for ten years."

Old York Historical Society

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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

"He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico. John joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

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

"… of men who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… the past and in the present" My uncle worked as a road constructor and he worked there for a while and then bought his own property, named his own…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"I would not know if my husband would come back fine, if he would be injured, or if he would come back at all."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… a bridge because if he had been walking on the road, he would be asked why he was traveling on the Sabbath."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Susie (Knight) Calder was born on Lead Mine Road, the oldest girl in a family of 12 children. In 1947, at the age of 16, she began working at the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Veneziano had them run the “four mile loop” (four roads in Hampden that when combined make a four mile run)."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… is located in the West Village on the Wire Bridge Road, in a quiet country setting where people can picnic and enjoy the cold water of the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… tracks is a bit of track on the side of the road. It is used for boxcars that are waiting to be loaded."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… we have ambulances that have certain rights on roads that allow them to get to patients quicker. These are some ways early hospitals and modern…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… moving out of the Old Ell and down the road into her niece Marcia Savage’s home. Marcia Savage (1943-2001), the daughter of Richard and Ernestine…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Music Lending Library: It started in 1983 as a road trip between friends in a borrowed RV. Mary Cheney Gould (founder of the Bagaduce Chorale), and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… on the corner of Main Street and Parker Point Road that opened its doors in 1939. It is now widely recognized as among the busiest small-town…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"They would have better roads, better government, and better businesses for the town to earn money. Another feeling was pride because not many small…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He bought two lots on the present-day Military Road. In the winters of 1824-1826, Jeremy taught the first school in the area."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby’s house on Transalpine Road. The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"It is located at the intersection of Lee Road and Main Street. A major event about this church was that Isaac Burton donated a clock for the front of…"

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

"… or at intersections of travel lanes, where inland roads met stagecoach routes. When railroad lines were established, in later years, villages grew…"

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

"… a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road. The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of town, with a…"