Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… The following is an extract from The History of Swan's Island by Dr. H. W. Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island…"

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… “visit his boys down in Maine.” According to the History of the Town Sutton, Massachusetts by the Reverends W."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… of 1918, the greatest health crisis in the city’s history struck Portland. Known at the time as the Spanish Influenza, the pandemic of 1918-1919…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… they not only record an event in Portland history, but provide detailed photographic views of what was then the city’s principal thoroughfare."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… best documented figures in Maine architectural history. After Stevens’ death, his firm was continued by his son and grandson."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… been an intergral part of Farmington's Athletic History. It now consists of a baseball field, a wading pool, tennis courts, a field for Little…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… of Farmington's Historic District, October 1993 History of Farmington, Maine by Thomas Parker, 1846 A History of Farmington, Maine by Francis…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"In the book by Roland E. Foss, “The History of the New Portlands in Maine”, it states that “West New Portland has a landmark that should not be…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… the exact date of first illumination is lost to history. Second tower 1837, courtesy Pike & Alden familiesWest Quoddy Head Light Keepers…"

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

"… work and community spirit that defined the town’s history. The late nineteenth-century decline of Maine’s maritime industry was the most poignant…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… exercises were held, the highlights being the History by Henry Hudson, Esq., of Guilford and the oration by Rev. George A. Martin of St."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… town hall remains only in the photos and written history. Behind this area where the town hall was located, is the current location of the Guilford…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… can be looked at from two perspectives: One, the history of the owners and managers, and two, as part of the history of labor."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"At other times in the town's history, the economy of the town typically follows the trends throughout Maine as a whole, and the United States."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… an essential part of the island's rich artistic history. Fritz Kreisler The Kreislers and Schellings outside the Building of The Arts…"

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

"… teacher in the Philippines where he authored a history of the Islands. Sources Bangs, Carrie, “Klondike: The Gold from Sea Water Story Promoted by…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Native Americans The Deep History of Presque Isle Text by: David Putnam In 1978, as a result of the proposal to construct the Aroostook Centre…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… (beginning in 1880) was relatively early in the history of Mount Desert’s development as a tourist destination."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Theatrically mixing authentic Wabanaki cultural history with invented traditions, Loring was among the first American Indians to draw public…"

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

"Desert Island, Donald Bryant was making history of his own. Once he and his family had moved off of Isleford in 1923 and settled into Seal Harbor…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Today the book lover can not only sense the history of the early Water Street book trade but can experience it by entering the antiquarian bookstore…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… was a very important job in Hallowell’s history. Ice was big business while employing about 9,000 people and 3,000 horses."