Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… be obliged to clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… residence occupied the site of the Henry Parks house. Dr. Arad Farwell was another early physician, as well as Dr. Tracy. Henry W."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"House of Representatives. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1854, he gained a national reputation for his opposition to slavery and his expertise in…"

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…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the 36°30' line.[33] Initiated by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise, as it was known, was tough to swallow for many Mainers."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… the two men received seventy-five commissions for houses, churches, schools, business blocks, and factories."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… bill shows that Crosby owned the most expensive house in town, valued then at $1,000. It is interesting that no stock or tons of vessels are listed."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… coal and gravel, packing the boiler room and dye house to a depth of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and…"

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."

Caribou Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… welcomed by delegates of Maine officials and housed in Nowick’s old cow barn converted for the special guests."

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

"… for the welfare of others, such as in adequate housing and education. It might be said that he was born with visions of tomorrow in his eyes."

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

"… locations for the construction of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and Enterprise, 1903."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… In 1872, Curtis decided to take up cleaning up houses. He worked on jobs that ranged from $50,000 to half-a-million dollars."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the Pinkham and Bennett’s stores and the Mansion House were entirely burned… the American Express Co."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… constructed and the old one sold for a dollar to house a new transportation company which brought excise tax dollars and jobs; a fitness center…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… the Eastern bank of Northeast Harbor, built three houses by the time of his death, and forged a close relationship with the Savage family through…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… of relatively modest means who stayed at Rockaway House every summer from 1881 until her death at age 73 in 1895."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… lived in groups of several extended families, in houses made of birch bark. They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… attempt to bring the Star back as a B-movie house in 1936 after which the space was reinvented as a nightclub, bowling alley, and a retail…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… we're ready." I said, “Honey go back to the house. I'm staying here and I'm going to finish what I've started”."