Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… to one of the most lethal pandemics in human history. The global Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 killed between 50 and 100 million people…"

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

"… Press Herald Glass Negative Collection A Brief History of the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"(1889). History of the State Normal School, Farmington, Maine. Farmington, ME: Knowlton, McLeary & Co."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"Retrieved from: http://www.publicworks.com/article.mvc/The-engineering-genius-history-forgot-John-F-0001"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(Butler’s History of Farmington) He married Margaret J. Butler, daughter of Francis G Butler, Jan. 19, 1860. One son, Arthur, was born in 1861."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Society Islesboro, Maine has a long, fascinating history that goes back to the 17th century. In August 1692, English Captain Benjamin Church…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Emerson Sources: Eaton, Cyrus. History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine. Vol. II. Hallowell, 1865."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… have typing and one of my teachers had a whole history of Thomaston and we would have to write it down, I missed a lot of it."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Horse racing has a long history in the State and Blue Hill is still known for its traditional rules."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Day, the most devastating flood in the town’s history occurred. The dye house was awash with debris and oil as two 10,000 gallon fuel tanks were…"

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

"William S. Southgate, The History of Scarborough from 1633 to 1783 (Portland, ME:Brown Thurston, 1853)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… used for writing, but are an integral part of the history of our schools. Without them, who knows where we would be now? Books Talya, grade 7…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Small published his history, the island received newspapers the same day that they were issued. The steamboat made a daily trip year-round from…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"According to local history, Swan's close friend General Henry Knox used this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"The history of Rumford as a great paper making center began on July 12, 1893, when The Rumford Falls Paper Company manufactured its first paper."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… destroyed, the largest Ku Klux Klan rally in the history of the United States was right here in Maine, against the French Catholics coming down…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"For some it was silence, for others history was buried in anger or denial. And, they say the barbs and slurs from neighbors have lessened over the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Timeline Timeline - Selected Events in Lubec’s History Text by Jennifer Multhopp Pre-1700s • Passamaquoddy encampments in North Lubec – shell…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… located in the Penobscot Bay, has a long and rich history, as one of the last coastal areas to be settled, in the mid 1760s."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… TURTLE HEAD AND MEADOW POND According to an early history of Belfast, Turtle Head at the north end of Islesboro was named by Thomas Pownall…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916 CentennialGuilford Historical Society The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966 Modern History 1966 to Present HOME"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Light Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital has a long history of community involvement that stretches back to the founding of the Sisters of Mercy."