Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Swan’s Island is still divided into three distinct areas: Atlantic, Minturn, and Swan’s Island village."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"The next year the grades were divided into two classrooms of grades 2-3 and grades 4-5. School year of 2008-2009 looks to be the last year that…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"The building was divided up into “houses,” generally three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails” in them."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… United States History class (fifteen total) were divided into five groups (one group for each exhibit topic) and assigned an exhibit topic."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… bought 3,000 acres of land in Dunstan, which was divided into several farms. A successful merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels…"

Maine State Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Students are divided into three classrooms that encompass three grade levels each. Island teachers have a unique challenge and opportunity in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… Dixfield is a village within Dixfield that is divided by a common county line running through it."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… Society The 1792 vote also revealed a sectional divide in the District of Maine regarding its desire for separation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… key passes; the Marias Pass over the Continental Divide and the Stevens Pass in the Cascade Range that was named after him."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The second floor was divided into rental rooms for travelers. It was operated, over the years, by Percy Stacy, by N."

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

"… organized as a plantation, and in 1847 John Dodge divided unappropriated lands into lots of fifty acres each to be sold at auction or given to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… part of Waldo County on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"As well as getting 10 laptops to be divided by the two libraries, wireless internet was installed. Since 2003 the library's circulation has doubled…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The troops divided and attacked the village the day after they had overtaken a scout, Bomazeen, who was keeping watch in order to warn the village of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… to Massachusetts settlers, but not before dividing some of the land into parcels, or grants."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… On their arrival the early settlers began to divide the land. An “arrangement was made with the Committee of the Proprietors of the Kennebec…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… lines that were established when land was first divided up by the early proprietors of North Yarmouth."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school was divided into nine grades in two rooms. Enrollment in the first year was twenty-eight students."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… begun when Joshua Shaw purchased “The Point” and divided it into lots for sale. This peninsula of slightly higher land, where much of today’s…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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