Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Fall/Winter - Before the frosts came, the women and children went into the forests to forage nuts and berries."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In the fall of 1843, the school was reopened under the leadership of George W. Jewett, and for the next five years was successful."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the high school came into existence in the fall of 1905. Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Was there anyone to blame for the fall of the economy? I think that my mother blamed Hoover and blamed the whole thing on him."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls Bridge. On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George Cochran."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… Society In the 1870’s, the grand finale of the fall Farmer’s Club was a parade of oxen. One time, it is remembered, the finale was fifty-seven…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The fall of 1963 brought the first expansion onto the high school gymnasium with the edition of the superintendent’s office, and laboratories for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… Used the reverend John Bapst The church will not fall Works Cited Fellows, M.D., Dana W. "A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Lincoln."…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Eighteenth Century Resettlement occurred in the fall of 1702 when eight men, likely accompanied by their families, sailed from Lynn to Black Point."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles. Samuel Chase is said to have built several crafts…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"It was in the Fall of 1971, when the Rumford basketball dynasty really began. It was then when an inexperienced and little known coach by the name of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and expanded their…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy Basketball were written, barely 20 years after the game was invented, and long…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1831, Chase married twice and died in 1892. He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Every couple of minutes a new wall would fall and scatter the firefighters. The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began in the spring of 1873. The road opened in December of 1874, and was leased by the E…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"In the fall of 1999, some bold members of the area community, concerned that the property might be developed into house lots, formed a nonprofit…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In the fall of 1795 Knight returned to Falmouth to bring his wife, carrying their two-year-old son, Merrill, Jr., to their new home."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… planned to attend Florida State University in the fall when he was diagnosed with Burkett’s Lymphoma."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"But excepting for the fall, the river is beautiful..." Samuel de Champlain, 1604 Champlain's pleasing description underscores Bangor's natural…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… as the Carrabassett River) by canoe late in the fall of 1783. He headed an adventurous family that for some reason chose not to settle in…"

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

"… is now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block (Kennison's…"