Maine Memory Network

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

"Now they are helping visitors to Historic McCurdy’s understand the process and the hard work involved."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… engulfing the Bangor Public Library and Bangor Historical Society, both of which occupied the upper floors of the Bangor Savings Bank building on…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Public Library, Bangor Daily News and Bangor Historical Society The Penobscot River has brought wealth and prosperity to Bangor, but it has also…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… his mother Hannah, Virginia, March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va. March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Photo courtesy of the Dexter Historical Society X The different battles of the 22nd Maine include Bayou Teche Campaign, also known as the Battle…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… and Brody Gourley Images from the Guilford Historical Society Scales Building X The John Scales Building was built in 1892."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"Lincoln-Chester bridge opening, 1950Lincoln Historical Society The ferries lasted for nearly three-fourths of a century before the bridge was built…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"1935Lincoln Historical Society Danielle Macalino “Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a few…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Osborn, 1st Maine Cavalry, ca. 1864Maine Historical Society The Lincoln contribution to the war effort was 1,261 women and men."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"Newberry Co., Lincoln, ca. 1945Lincoln Historical Society The history of Solomon’s Store is long and complicated."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Elizabeth Akers chain and locket, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society In August, 1860, she married Benjamin Paul Akers."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… Graders, 2011-2012 Methodist ChurchStrong Historical Society Return to Student Research On Sunday morning, September 14, 1862, nine year old…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"Rural Mail DeliveryStrong Historical Society This structure remains today as a private home in the center of town."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Strong's History Stock CertificateStrong Historical Society Getting Connected All shareholders of the privately-owned Franklin Farmers…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"1880Maine Historical Society Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union River and north to Ellsworth Falls."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"News office storefront, Portland, ca. 1918Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Mercy Hospital was founded in response to one of the most lethal…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… border preserved here provide readers with the historical resources to reconsider how and why the border was created in the manner that it was."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Team ca early 1930'sMount Desert Island Historical Society Basketball Takes Hold and Rivalries Grow Well into the first half of the twentieth…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Vol. 1. Lincoln: Lincoln Historical Society. Print. Ser. 3. King, George R. “Lincoln Light Power CO.” Lincoln Historical Society (1993): 252-54."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"… Potato Barrels, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society During the 1940s, battery powered or hydraulic hoists were used to load barrels…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"1750Maine Historical Society Henry Knox was lured to Thomaston by the land in the Waldo Patent, a 576,000 acre tract of land in midcoast Maine that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Map of Lincoln, Thomaston, Maine in 1719Thomaston Historical Society Throughout Lovewell’s War, 1721-1726, the Indians and their French allies again…"