Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"The fire burned out of control for ten days, consuming 10,000 acres. A large section of Bar Harbor was gone. Some things would never come back."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Following the fall of French control to the British at Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1745, the French enlisted the aid of the local Indians to help with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"He realized that unless he could own and control the riparian rights above and around the Falls, his plans for dams, canal, mills, a power company…"

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

"… billion to NewPage Corporation, a new company controlled by Cerberus Capital Management L.P., a private New York-based investment firm."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"My controller Jeff asked, "What the heck was that?" and I told him a branch almost hit me. I came back to the hotel and told my wife what had…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… the flames, but, realizing it was beyond his control, he quickly notified the residents of the nearby Nile Block tenement."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… springs on the farm, which gave Rowe entire control of the flow. He later built a stone dam down stream to create Red Rock Pond."

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

"The effort to form a cartel to control what its organizers thought what might be controlled is explored."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… entire school - were under heavy Congregational control. Stevens was a Baptist and was angered at the intolerance for any other denomination."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… and the Almouchiquois of southwest Maine to gain control of the French and English fur trade. Innu (Montagnais) hunters from north of the St."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… other fire departments at work it was partially controlled. What they did not know was that the fire was spreading very quickly throughout the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"They were attempting to take control of the fortress at Quebec City then held by the British. The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"When the British seized control of Castine in 1779 and American revolutionaries scuttled much of its navy in the Penobscot River, some settlers…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Islesboro was still controlled by Great Britain in 1780 and considered “behind enemy lines” when scientists from Harvard determined that a solar…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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