Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… at Cumberland Junction had a capacity for 3,000 cans a day and operated from 1881 to the early 1900s. In the late 1890s Charles E."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… injunctions nor any more probable creature can impede. It already spans the river and reaches out over the intervale – which it must cross on piles…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… men now living in each one of these villages who can remember when their sites were covered with the original forest growth, when the river was the…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"There now can be seen a monument on the site in the present town of Madison and it is here at Old Point that the unfortunate event occurred in August…"

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

"Some people can trace their heritage back to the early settlers of the area, others make their way here from out of state, while others put down…"

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

"… the place was “just a hoppin'.” Only one year can be remembered that there was not a fair and that was during World War II."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"As one can imagine, transportation to and from an island adds another dimension to challenges faced by residents."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Yet the "can-do" spirit of Bangor business and community leaders worked to develop a diversified economy."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… maps of the late 1700's, scattered schoolhouses can be seen around the town. At that time, Blue Hill was split up into four districts."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… grant of land, present day New Gloucester, so we can assume that the bare beginnings of the county road first known as the New Gloucester…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Building the old Farmington Academy Building can be seen. Farmington Historical Society Farmington State Normal School, Farmington, ca."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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