Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… on the long carving tradition of their home countries. Granite Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Hallowell, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… to find work in factories in cities across the country. The farmers who did stay in Maine were able to make the best of it."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… each year to enjoy the majesty of the river country and experience the thrill of a wet and wild ride down the Kennebec."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an office for the Port Surgeon…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"The country was delightful and verdant as imagination can picture... Henry Knox's Wastebook, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… in Washington, DC thus beginning service to her country that lasted 40 years. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 propelled Mattie into military…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… 120 college men from all parts of the country.(1) At the time it was said that Portland would be ready to take its place among the great commercial…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… time was only one of seven such companies in the country. The factory was constructed in a U-shape and was laid out so that a truck chassis would…"

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

"… Yarmouth, like many small towns throughout the country. Cumberland, once part of North Yarmouth, has since surpassed its sister town in population."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… more to send a letter to some places even in this country The postage was collected when the mail was delivered Mr Stinson was succeeded as…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The name Mexico was chosen in admiration for the country of Mexico and its struggle to be free of Spanish domination."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… towns in the state travelled to the Cumberland Country courthouse in Portland to write a new Maine constitution."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… are distinctive interpretations of Tudor period country houses. They represent major examples of residential architecture built by men of wealth…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… and received commissions from other parts of the country. Stevens was best known for his domestic architecture."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… Maine, derived its legal system from its mother country. Within this framework, unmarried women possessed the same legal rights as men, including…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… on the front lines of 'making a new country.' More recent scholarship like that from Brooks, Saxine, Montgomery, and Blaakman shows Wabanaki people…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… these borderlands remained primarily Wabanaki country at the very fringes of European control. The documents produced by the border commission…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… it was in the 1920s, we continue to honor our country. School Lunch Drew, grade 7 School lunch is a necessity that has expanded over the years."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… to help “sow the seeds of harmony” between rival countries. Admission TicketSurry Historical Society Through the Iron Curtain For many…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country...as soon as possible..." Henry David Thoreau, 1846 The District of Maine, Commonwealth of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Country music superstar Garth Brooks who has sold over 100 million albums, has appeared. Other famous performers have been Bill Haley and the Comets…"

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

"… there while also learning a love of horses and country life. Bonnie Smith of Yarmouth and Sheila Libby Alexander of Cape Elizabeth, riding…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… initiatives on behalf of their newly adopted country sometimes exasperated their neighbors like Judge Daniel Cony, who noted: There is not…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"I took A sketch of the country- and I will give you an idea of the place where we are encamped & picketed."