Maine Memory Network

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

"The village lies along the banks of the Carrabassett River about four miles northeast of the West Village and three miles southwest of the North…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the Penobscot. A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… Street in Thomaston, and he operated kilns on the bank of the river, just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth Street now stands."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"The banks of the Pond are almost covered with Roses- White and Red while the margin of the Pond for 6 or 8 Rods is white with Pond-Lillies."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… and Industries That Helped Build a Town on the Banks of the Penobscot. Lincoln, Me.: Lincoln Historical Society, 1995. 48-49. Print."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank. William died at home in Bath on 17 June 1852. Sources Moulton, Augustus."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… and sold; fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and other trading ports."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay. Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax as well as the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… town, as Ethel West, a resident of South Rumford whose home was on the bank of the Mt. Zircon Stream, expressed in her poem “A Town in Maine”."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… and large ones suitable for river piled on the bank ready to use if you decide to use them. I have heard of some Hemlock logs that are offered for…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m. on the bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"The people of Presque Isle opened a bank account in the name of John R Braden, a novel concept. His winnings were deposited to this account."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… crossing the river they followed the northern bank to what we now call Farmington Falls. Measuring Rock Located on Rt."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… item states that the art went into the new 1911 bank. Since then, no trace. The brick edifice, at Water and Main Streets, still stands as of 2010…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… much pressure? Much of our money was left in the banks. When the kids were born there wasn’t much of my mother working."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… and the cars had crashed and slid to the bank of the river. It took three hours to free Green."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"A long shaft running up the bank to the mill was connected to a waterwheel which supplied most of the power necessary."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… to undermine it by tunneling underneath from the bank below. Heavy rain caused the soil to give way and the exposed workers abandoned their effort…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… the paper making facilities along the canal banks. Railroad service was also extended by Hugh J."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… supplied with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage systems well under way."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… moment, when new water passes a given spot, as banks and bends imperceptibly erode and relocate, as ice forms, melts, and moves on by, so too will…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the railroad, stood Peru’s largest business, the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The professional and banking community was well established and continued to meet Bangor's needs. Lumbering in Bangor, as it had been known during…"