Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… added the Future Homemakers of America, National Honor Society, a band, and a choir. With the 1960's came a medical club, a junior rescue…"

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

"… same ritual it was in the 1920s, we continue to honor our country. School Lunch Drew, grade 7 School lunch is a necessity that has expanded over…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… for $1,200, to be made into a museum dedicated to honoring seafaring men from Islesboro. The Sailors’ Memorial Museum is still in existence…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… Medical Center on Academy Street is named in his honor. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a holding ground for lumber up on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… to rename Garland Street Middle School in my honor," Cohen said. "Bangor will always be home to me, and it means a lot to have such an enduring…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Although Grant was the guest of honor, a great collection of dignitaries were on hand: the proprietors of the railroad, the Governor of Maine, the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… one of only 4 libraries in Maine to receive this honor. Again, in 2010 the Guilford Memorial Library received national recognition by receiving a…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… February we are going to have a celebration in honor of John MacGregor for the company is now to be called the John MacGregor Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The Maine town honored the South American country by the adoption of the name Peru on its incorporation in 1821, changing its name from…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The Merrill Monument at the cemetery honors William and Louville Merrill; both men served in the Civil War."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"To honor his son’s memory, Harold Titcomb donated the timbers for a frame for a ski lodge and other funds to build the lodge."

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

"… March 9, 1791, the town was named New Portland in honor of the people from Portland that were given the land here."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… end of his career, a banquet was thrown in his honor in one of the area hotels at which he was served a glass of champagne."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… 1927, Bangor named an elementary school in Mary's honor. The Mary Snow School is on Broadway and continues to thrive."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"They are an ornament to the village, and an honor to the company. The best of lumber was used in their construction, and no part of the work has been…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A monument honoring Lubec’s Civil War veterans, as well as those of subsequent wars, was dedicated on September 20, 1904."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"In his honor, the library is named the John B. Curtis Free Public Library and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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