Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"Settlers were greeted warmly by the “gentle Abenaki” and were able to exchange their corn for 700 pounds of furs."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

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

"… you ask about him most people would call him a gentle giant; he got that name because he was so big and strong, but he loved kids and he never got…"

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

"Gentle slopes led down to the deep and sheltered channels on tidal waterways. Timbers could be laid down on the shores for ships and then easily…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"He was an eloquent educator and gentle pastor, though strongly against slavery and spoke against it often. The other was Joseph Henry."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… famed renown Has quietly, sadly left our town A gentle stallion with flying mane, John R Braden was his name."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"It has a gentle pitch over its distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection."