Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… one home to another; and if marks were cut just right, the traveler could find his way after dark."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Home of May Sisters, with School at far right X Together they operated the school until Sara's death in 1888."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Photography Workshop X At right, Dani Fazio, Image Services Coordinator for the Maine Historical Society, taught a photography workshop for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"The meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans. During the picnics they also talked about life and the war."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… involved in legal proceedings to reclaim the rights to her poem, as it was indeed her own work."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… reserved the sovereign aboriginal right to hunt, fish and plant in their homelands. These documents collectively demonstrate that Wabanaki people…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… months before the 19th Amendment allocated voting rights for many American women – its mission then and now is to develop women’s leadership…"

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"The home in the center belonged to Ira Fish. His large barn is also shown. Town Meetings were once held in this building."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… to the business, he understood how to hire the right people for the job and how to execute his creative vision."

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"Fish Hill is seen in the background with the Methodist Church tower seen on the left in front of the hill."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Most of the settlers were employed farming, fishing or both. Some traded with the native populations, and there was a carpenter and a few mechanics…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Individuals and communities had rights to particular places, but those rights were typically impermanent and nonexclusive."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… on Mill Creek in the vicinity of the Gleason and Fish Street intersection. Lime kilns were built below the bridge on both sides of the Creek in…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They were able to go night fishing with birch bark torches. The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… elevator (sold his patents to Otis); designer of fishing reels (also see business leader below) Supply Belcher 1751-1836: American composer…"

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

"Fishing was from early on an important pursuit in Blue Hill. A packet of receipts and share certificates in the archives of the Blue Hill Historical…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to native people until the…"

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

"… meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was…"

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

"Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area on fishing and trading expeditions, as was true for Matthew Patten."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… by the Anasagunticook Indians for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there was any permanent…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… and property damage… Building up in the so-called Fish Hill section of Lincoln, a torrent of water swept down upon the south of the town of…"