Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… where the Northeastern border was between the two countries. Luckily, no one was killed by combat in this war and the entire thing was solved by a…"

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…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… have more loudly proclaimed their devotion to our country's cause, none have in fact more promptly responded to the calls of the government upon…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"We have wars that are going on with different countries about things that make very little sense to me."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Other areas of the country used bags or baskets to do this. A barrel is about 19 inches (48 cm) in diameter across the top and about 30 inches (76…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The golf course was renamed The Blue Hill Country Club in 1928. The Blue Hill Country Club hosted and continues to host social functions."

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… the Civil War, which was fighting to keep the country together under President Lincoln. He mostly needed the money to pay the mortgage on his…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… in honor of the men of Lincoln who served their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Many shirt collars all across the country were stiffened by Aroostook starch. Even as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The Central School burned December 24, 1906, and in 1907 a new school was built and named Abbott School for Elizabeth Abbott who had originally…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… was almost simultaneous throughout the country. Everywhere groups of women were found who eagerly seized the idea and shaped it according to their…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… (25%) and Ireland (12%), two heavily Catholic countries. Prior to this there had been only one Catholic Church in town, Church of the Immaculate…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… the trends of Bath, as the city, state, and country grew. Until the Route 1 bypass was built, Centre Street was the main artery for commuters…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"West Peru Grammar School West Peru Grammar School, c.1940Peru Historical Society In 1991 Peru joined School Administration District 21 with…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Sheila Varnum Internet Sources Blue Hill Country Club The Jonathan Fisher Memorial Jonathan Fisher - Wikipedia *All sources used for Blue Hill’s…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… Southern states breaking away, forming their own country, and having slavery. The men from Lincoln wanted to stop slavery and the secession too, so…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… expansion to meet the needs of a rapid growing country. Between 1914 and 1918, three new paper machines were installed, A, B, and C in the south…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"I love my schooling, but I love my country more. I will leave tomorrow.” “Henry, I am going to miss you."

Hudson Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… needed the money, or just wanted to serve their country. I’m sure for most of these men, if they could have stayed home in Lincoln, they would have."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… we are loosing [sic] about as many in our country as they are in France.” Writing Foster just a week later, his friend Manola Gilman of Cumberland…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Different places, towns, countries that do not have this kind of communication are, in some ways, kind of in trouble."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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