Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"The selectmen were instructed to draw a line dividing the town. On February 22, 1796 the legislature of Massachusetts passed an act dividing the town…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"*Today, Wabanakis are divided into the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. We think it hard that you settle the lands that God…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… construction of the interstate highway system divided its most valuable farmland and directed traffic away from its businesses."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"… Wharf was located at the bulkhead, which is a dividing wall between compartments in a ship. Also, there was a commuter train called the Dummy."

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"… "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public Library Special…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"… and hip hugging jacket, called a basque, which divides at the back to accommodate walking. It features a bunched low-slung bustle."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"The back of the basque divides to accommodate a modest low draped bustle. The garment is trimmed throughout with colorful hand embroidered floral…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… Amitgonpontekok (Twenty Miles Falls), which divided Pejepscook from Ammoscongon. He named important historic planting places and homelands like…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… been losing its younger population to the West, divided T15-R3 WELS (West of the Easterly Line of the State) into 160-acre lots and offered them -…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"Several years later, they divided the island in two, marking the area east of Somes Sound as Eden. Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… at the battle of Chalgrove, opinion is hotly divided as to his merit.” Perhaps the fact that he refused to pay what he considered an illegal tax…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… the time it was built with medical profession was divided into two camps--homeopathy and allopathy. The Trull was the first homeopathic hospital…"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"At this time (2022), MHS divides its clothing collection into three categories: garments, military uniforms, and accessories."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"Most of its settlers divided their land into lots and built along the immediate coast, particularly near the Royal River, named for William Royall…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… 1838 the church underwent a major renovation by dividing the meeting house into two stories – services being held on the upper floor, and the lower…"

Skyline Farm

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South Portland Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Its Westerly line was that dividing Mexico from New Pennacook and the Androscoggin River. A unanimous vote was taken on July 26, 1819, on the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… (spelling until late 1800s) voted in 1794 to divide the town into districts for schooling, and each district was responsible for maintaining a…"