Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Libby’s house on Transalpine Road. The house was built in 1840 by Chandler Bruce. Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Once, when a house caught fire in Lincoln, the train was used to transport a fire truck. The building burned, but the people were amazed at the speed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Mailing saves a lot of money and time. Howard Annis's Store, Lincoln, 1930Lincoln Historical Society The last reason I think the postal service…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"He made the first house, farm, and store in Lincoln in 1824. They were all the same building. While he was in Enfield, his fifth son, Asa, drowned in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is here. Lincoln sold the papers and Bangor sold them; those towns are still here today."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"Last, the story of how it came to be impacts the town, like Issac S. Burton who donated $500 to start it."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Keith noticed a white sheet of paper out of the corner of his eye. “Hey Pa, Mr. Gordon forgot a paper.” “Hmm,” Keith’s Pa picked up the paper and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Grant, stayed in the Lincoln House Hotel. As far as we know, no notable people have visited or made an impact on the Masonic Hall."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Another man that was from Lincoln and part of the Civil War was Benjamin Browne Foster. He practiced law in Lincoln from 1858 until the Civil War…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"L.H. White, the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… didn’t exist back then people couldn’t build houses, and there would be no jobs, they would have to build houses from hand and they would have to…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"They chose Lincoln for all of those reasons. That is what I learned about the Stanislaus family moving to Lincoln, Maine."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… hospital was actually in the upstairs part of a house on Lee Street. It only had two beds, so people that needed surgery had to get it done on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"Later, they moved the store to their new location across the street to where Possibilities Gift Shop is now located. Peter Carney was the owner of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there would be fewer jobs and workers."

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

"Between the two early town centers, churchgoers had a stream to ford and brush and woods to beat back! In January 1794, a group of settlers…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"The Honorable William King, Governor of the State, was elected Grand Master of Masons. The Governor, accompanied by the President of the Senate and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Old North Church

"… Through General Knox’s involvement, a Town Meeting House was constructed in 1796 on High Street, and was the first house of worship in the town."

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… (because of the elaborate enclosures used to house the more fragile formats), these three earliest mediums, starting with the daguerreotype, peaked…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - St. John's Episcopal Church Building

"Sources: Gauffreau, Kay. "House of Worship Holds Honor Of Being The Oldest Church Building In Presque Isle." Star Herald [presque isle] 1 Apr."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… convene in a central point of view the people who worshiped in this church which belonged on the other side of the stream." View additional…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The Dark Harbor summer residents enjoyed the pleasures of the Tarratine Club, offering golf in the 1890s, yachting in the 1920s and tennis in the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"worship service and an afternoon session from 1:00 until 2:30 or 3:00. For her lunch Lura carried two apples and a piece of gingerbread."

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

"New residents needed a house of worship to call their own. According to the 1902 register of H.E. Mitchell, Captain Parker's residence housed the…"