Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… growth of the settlement to a village and a town; roads and houses on the hillsides in place of the retreating forest."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"As more and more cars came to Islesboro, the dirt roads became very dusty. The Red Wing brought the first tar truck to the island to oil the roads."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… the resilient people of Guilford kept forging new roads and in fact paved some that had been only gravel for over a century."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Ledge” near the coast (at the corner of Gilman Road and Route 88 in present day Yarmouth). Rev. Loring’s sons Thomas, Levi, and Jeremiah purchased…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"That small brick structure set back away from the road. The flames however crossed Main Street and took the Baptist Church, stayed on the west side…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… he served to 1930 then retired up on South Lubec Road. Lightkeeper Eugene Larrabee X Eugene Larrabee occupied the post from 1930 to 1939; his…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… army has been steadily pushing on, cutting new roads, building new bridges until the advance is now in about four miles of Richmond."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… fourteen-mile coach or carriage drive over rough roads to get from the train depot in Ellsworth to Blue Hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… the Blue Hill Fair! E.B White lived just down the road in Brooklin. Even today, E.B. White’s classic story is honored by a Charlotte's Web Tent…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… and its three stories still stand tall on Harbor Road. It was also used for dances, social gatherings, and this hall hosted the annual eighth grade…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… in the mid to late 1800s—with new homes, better roads, and increased travel—made Swan’s Island a profitable enough location to gain a steamboat…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… was near what is now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… development of a strong infrastructure, building roads, designing bridges and establishing mills. They would also contribute to the ministerial…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"After that she applied back to San Francisco Medical Society in 1875, but unfortunately was denied because of her gender."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… tough to get between villages before vehicles and roads were constructed. After settling happened between the different rivers and streams, people…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Can was close by and all the cans came up the road from there. Over in Eastport, Lewis Hine the year before had talked with members of cannery…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… crews would cut wood in late summer and by winter roads were cleared for the dragging of logs to the river's edge."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… under the bridge that the water burst through the road surface, leaving a hole a yard in diameter. Despite “numerous and extensive” washouts…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Better roads also improved traveling conditions. The final cause was school consolidation. During the 40s and 50s Sedgwick, Penobscot, Brooksville…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… conveyed students from the Farmington Falls Road. (cost - $4,000) By now, the town used just 3 rural schools – West Farmington, Fairbanks, and the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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