Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… the robust import-export business that thrived in coastal waters off Mount Desert Island. Their story illustrates how one family works to become…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The town of Blue Hill was and is a bustling coastal community. Even in the 1700s, Blue Hill was an appealing place to settle."

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

"Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… most were two-masted brigs and schooners for the coastal trade. Captain Candage, one of 52 Blue Hill ship captains of the era, went to sea at 18…"

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

"… long shipbuilding history of many other Maine coastal and river towns. There was a brief period of time, however, when Dunstan Landing was an…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… part of a plan to improve postal service, and the coastal King’s Highway was not used as often. In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine. Seeing an opportunity, A.C. and Emily Savage, like other year-round settlers on Mount…"

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

"… the war, he was particularly concerned with coastal shipping and defenses in the District of Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Coastal ships carried this cache to eastern coastal cities for distribution across America. Bangor's river location defined its character; the lumber…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… get away from dirty cities and breathe fresh coastal air. Later, the 1950’s polio scare influenced this trend."

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

"… the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland settlement of Walnut Hill in present-day North…"

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

"… was one of the two mainstays of the economy of coastal Downeast Maine. From the 1880s to the end of the 20th century, Lubec and Eastport were the…"