Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Ranco, PhD (Penobscot), Fall 2022 The collections in the Beyond Borders project are important and significant to many audiences, including, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… which had been organized in the wake of the fall of Acadia—in particular the Pejepscot Proprietors—were immediately alarmed by what they correctly…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond. The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"I could fall off the edge of the boat and drown. It’s scary because there isn’t a lot of room. I can’t stand people pushing and kicking me as they…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… ethnic in nature) developed outside the Rumford Falls area. Each of these areas had their own small, community schools where students could walk to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Natalie & Ben Butler’s History of Farmington Falls sheds a little more light on Jonathan. They tell us Jonathan owned a mill in Farmington Falls for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… to be skinned, they were skinned in the late fall. There were three kinds of foxes that were on a Gordon fox farm; silver, which was most…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"In the fall of 1870, settlers sided the houses with planks, hewed the logs flat on the inside and filled the chinks with moss to reduce draughts, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"The question is how far will it fall? Will Northeast Harbor go the way of other island villages, like Somesville, with only an art gallery and a…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… began with students taking a field trip in the fall to visit downtown Hallowell. They first participated in a scavenger hunt looking for artifacts…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… in a deep glaze of deadly ice and causing them to fall on utility lines and roads. Citizens were very worried about their trees because some were…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… because they were so paranoid that icicles would fall on them or trees collapse on them. Some people called it beautiful."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… many mills that lined the river banks near the falls. Twenty-first century Skowhegan now embraces new industry, modern technology, and a…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Varney. A plain brown shopping bag, falling apart from age, covered in creases, its handles ripping."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… 26-27 in its issue of the 28th, with temperature falling to -24 degrees at some points. But after the first of the year conditions improved rapidly."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Following the fall of French control to the British at Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1745, the French enlisted the aid of the local Indians to help with…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Lincoln, 1910Lincoln Historical Society In the fall of 1825, the Wendell Brothers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent Ira Fish and 17 other men…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… to all persons, regardless of settlement, who fall into distress. Relief for non-residents usually resulted in the Overseers requesting…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"Barry of Portland and Dorothy Mullaly of Fall River, Massachusetts. As they were unable to care for John he was made a ward of the State and came to…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Smith of Columbia Falls (1st Maine Heavy Artillery), described as a "farmer and lumberman, sturdy, robust, and practical, a most useful officer." In…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… Maine remained part of Massachusetts.[26] That fall, the infamous Brunswick Convention of 1816 stirred controversy over the voter tally, as the…"