Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and iron framework was transported across the sea and up the tower. Assembled in place in 1857, the latest lamp using “modern” proprietary fuel oil…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"… came by boat and she celebrated her birthday at sea. When she came to New Sweden it was her and her uncle. Later her mom joined them."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea Wabanaki beaded purse, ca. 1870Hudson Museum, Univ."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"These pioneering families migrated in by sea from either the lower Massachusetts colony or the nearby Maritime Provinces."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"After joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met and married Marguerite Hodgkins in 1946."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Sources Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company at North Lubec, Maine”, Lubec…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… With the best timber harvested, men turned to the sea for their livelihood rather than leave the island."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… Thomaston in a book entitled “A Town that Went to Sea.” The moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Soon individuals bought their own property, built family cottages and “camps,” and the Ryder’s cove summer community began, with people travelling…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company at North Lubec, Maine”, Lubec Herald…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Sixty-nine Islesboro men were listed as sea captains during the 1840s, a large segment of the male population at the time."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… navigated this narrow but treacherous arm of the sea beginning in 1882, later supplemented by auto scows, both suddenly obsolete the day the new…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"For those who did not go to sea for a living, time was spent clearing, farming and tending to the cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and chickens."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"Spruce Head. This book is about the Cilley family during the Civil War. It discusses the history of the Cilley family, including how Greenleaf Cilley…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"But truth struck the family members and friends of those who would not return home. By the year 1866, the majority of Biddeford were mourning loved…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"You often hear these names in family stories or local lore, and it is assumed that at one point, they were famous within the community."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The Andrews family were the most prominent of the local granite pioneers, with the largest quarries in Biddeford, located out along the Pool Road."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"The following two clips discuss his family history, his experiences during the Great Depression, and his enrollment in the Navy."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"He is said to have lived an exemplary life thereafter, but his marriage had not survived and his family had suffered humiliation."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… depression? I don’t think so because it cost our family lots of money, and other families I’m sure. How did you get your food? We grew lots of our…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… many Thomaston residents had friends and family in the South and were torn in their loyalties."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… forward to their arrival, welcomed the Knox family in a formal address. For his part, Knox clearly loved the town of Thomaston, as evidenced in a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… the later arrival of southern New England family names over the next century. <- Prev. Page…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Web. (Google Books) 4 Jan 2010. (N) McArthur Family Papers (c.1865-c.1944). (DC.34) McArthur Library Special Collections."