Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… close proximity to rivers and streams gave early settlers drinking water, a good source of food, power for mills, and ease of transportation and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… pre-sealed ply-woods along with power assembly tools including portable saws and nail guns make a compelling argument to just tear down and haul…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… foodstuffs, cooking utensils, basketmaking tools, and other necessities. Often, Wabanakis used chair backs as frames for wrapping long lengths of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… project digitally draws together information and tools traditionally used by academic researchers—including finding aids, collections databases…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Some of the tools used to make baskets and other items were collected by museums in later years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and share their own albums; and much more."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"When European settlers arrived in the early 1600s they, too, quickly learned the value of the marsh."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Early settlers used clams for bait, selling their excess to vessels in the Grand Banks fleet and other fishing areas…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Just behind the Mall along the riverbank stone tools and stone boiling rocks spanning the last 3,500 years are plainly visible."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"His dedication, along with other notable early settlers, resulted in the incorporation of Farmington as a town in 1794."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… Farmington Agricultural Sites Farmington Early Settler Sites Farmington Industry Sites Farmington Tannery Sites Farmington Historical Sites for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… nor did they find welcome among the early settlers. Many of these pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles. While water provided the power, the forests and fields provided the raw materials…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… still resonate today with the names of the early settlers such as Severy, Morse, Hannaford, Walker, Hiscock, and Science Hill."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

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

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"1880Bangor Public Library From the first settlers of Bangor to the early 20th century, Bangor’s lumbering history has been rich and plentiful."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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