Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"The application was accepted, the buildings were saved, and the Hallowell National Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered on the National Register of Historic Places."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Historic Places record of Farmington's Historic District, October 1993 History of Farmington, Maine by Thomas Parker, 1846 A History of Farmington…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… old towns." A better life beckoned in the District of Maine, and a three dollar fare on a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec…"

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

"The school district brings Cumberland and North Yarmouth, separated in 1821, together again. Eliphalet GreelyCumberland Historical Society The…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"I'm in the district that lies between Acadia and New England. By mixing berries with an equal quantity of tallow, you can make beautiful candles that…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… the Beech Hill district in 1939, the Granite District in 1920, the Witham district in 1928, the Billings District in 1921, the Long Island District…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"Jeremy Nelson started the school district, and without him, the district and schools might not have existed."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… whose purpose and visage within their exclusive districts distinguished them from the others.” (Anne Dolan) Due to its unusual geography, the town…"

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

"… was established in what was formerly school district No 4 and was named Minturn Mrs Arwilda Newman was appointed postmistress After the mails…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"People also wouldn’t have donated money to help build the school. The first instructor, Joseph True, wouldn’t have been the first instructor if the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"In 2006, the schools were linked by a sidewalk that connects the school in North Yarmouth with the school campus in Cumberland."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… Coat Island” in 1786, three years after the district of Maine became a part of Massachusetts. Native Scotsman, author, merchant, politician, Son of…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Hunton, F. D., Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, Hallowell ME, 1870, http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=29193…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… appointed, to reside at Biddeford.” In 1807 the district was changed to the much simpler District of Saco, and the collector was now allowed to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Since this time the District has operated under the same regulations. The town got its water through a four- inch distribution line from Day Mountain…"

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

"… general in the militia in charge of the Maine district. Also, as a colonel in the United States Army, he led recruiting efforts for the regular…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Ten states and the District of Columbia were represented at the first national encampment held at Indianapolis on November 20, 1866."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… X By Nick Waugh The Western Foothills School District of Maine (Regional School Unit 10) contains 478 square miles—more than any school district…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"As one of the Franklin County District's handful of remaining Granges, it suffers from the effects of a declining population and lost industry."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Register of Historic Places, as well as the Mill district. The tradition of Biddeford as a place of possibility for those seeking a better life for…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Once these two mills were established this mill district came to be one of the largest cotton milling facilities in the country."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… became a state in its own right, no longer a district of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There was still a good deal of agricultural activity…"