Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… it is that the first early settler died for his country. Most settlers were of English and Scottish ancestry and many were Revolutionary War…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"… lenses on locally known landmarks, street scenes, country stores and businesses, events and people. The exposed glass plate negatives were sent…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"… records tell us, "has a death in this part of the country produced a more general sympathy." His widow, who survived him for a number of years, wa…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and our country going to war in 2003, the global economy slowed considerably and the effects were felt at…"

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

"… be one of the best structures of the kind in this country. Much credit is due to Mr. Davis for the substantial and workmanlike manner in which…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Maine was ranked third in the country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York. The season lasted a mere three weeks."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… had done to defend their state and even their country. Thankfully, it did not come to this. Amanda Crosby “Describe your feelings, or the feelings…"

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"This serves as evidence that Thomas lived a short, yet valuable life to the town of Lincoln. Mary Dyer "Describe your feelings, or the feelings of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… fought, and we could have had our town or even country taken over. Our whole government and everything would be different then it is today."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… Society Many workers came from European countries, and to meet the needs of a rising population, boarding houses and stores opened in every…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

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

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…"

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He chose to serve his country right out of high school at the age of 18. Instead of going off for further education in college, he chose to serve on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… took over the industry, particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much less remunerative for the…"

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."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… but as with thousands of others across the country, they all joined in the war effort. Many enlisted; others were drafted."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… who had just got back from an excruciating cross country practice with Mr. Cox, complaining that their muscles hurt."

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…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… in 2000 for the United States; some other countries would be able to watch it earlier. Marley played an ignorant yet comical Detective Greenly…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… their craft away from the city in a more relaxed country setting. Henry Fonda, Sheppard Strudwick, Anne Revere, Dorothy Matthews, and Joseph Cotton…"