Maine Memory Network

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

"… park creator George Bucknam Dorr worked with the government to gain enough lands and funds to eventually make Acadia National Park official in 1919."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… “fireman:” selecting the right kinds of firewood, governing the level of the fires, and damping them with sawdust."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… of other early settlements and of the propietary governments, in Maine, including the provinces of New Somersetshire and Lygonia. Saco: Alex C."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… was given passage back to the States by the Irish government. Supposedly, when he finally got back to Blue Hill he walked into a funeral at the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"They would have better roads, better government, and better businesses for the town to earn money. Another feeling was pride because not many small…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron and his family were important to Lincoln's government. Josh Twomey "Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Our whole government and everything would be different then it is today. That is why I am happy the war happened the way it did."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… means that they were picked in a draft by the government, like a reserve to serve in the military."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"All states and the federal government share a minimum legal size, 3 ¼ inches carapace-length measured from the eye socket to the beginning of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… advent of World War II and gas rationing, and the Government converted the units to housing for South Portland shipyard workers."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"From 1863 to 1865 she worked as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. In 1865 Elizabeth married Elijah M. Allen."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Mexico currently has a town manager form of government with five selectmen, town clerk, treasurer, tax collector, budget committee, a police force…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"In 1956, Mercy established a Student Government organization, which gradually assumed responsibilities for most aspects of student life outside of…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… the impact of the disease at the behest of government censors afraid of spreading fear and weakening the war effort."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… a fire in the dormitory in 1917, and the Government eventually did agree to allow funds and materials to restore the building."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… The Meeting House became a religious center, a government center, and a building for events such as the Franklin County Agriculture Society."

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

"In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system."

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

"At this point, the government insisted that the school curriculums should become much more rigorous to try and educate American children in math and…"

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

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made to control trade in the region. The border between the U.S."

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to native people until the mid 1930s."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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