Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… Hilltop, a 3,700 square foot, 5-bedroom, 2-bath home located directly across from the Asticou Inn, which had been designed, built, and originally…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… he served in the Continental Army in the Rhode Island campaign as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"Project Home Small Point, Phippsburg, 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two…"

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

"… from their city homes, preferring to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for children. F.S."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"District Number Two was located on the southern part of the island, called Dark Harbor School. Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… establishing a second summer community for the island. Unlike Ryder’s Cove, which was more isolated on the Northeastern shore, the Hewes Point…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… PO Box 137, 150 Main Road, 734.2213 Islesboro Island News (paper), 307 Pendleton Point Road, 734.6921 Islesboro Islands Trust, PO Box 182, 376 West…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… years, no private vehicles were seen on the island. However, on March 17 of 1933, amidst much controversy between the summer and year-round…"

Island Falls Historical Society

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"About Us Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The island, through many changes, sometimes hard and bad, still has come to be proven as a beautiful place to visit in the town of Skowhegan."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… "When the 22 Regiment left Bangor for Ship Island he was the tallest & handsomest man in the regiment." Martin's illustration of Kimball and…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Home of John Moreland Cummings, Richmond's Island, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society An ambrotype of Richmond’s Island in Cape Elizabeth shows the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Roosevelt’s long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean from mainland New Brunswick. But a mere 300 yards from the U.S."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

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

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

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Fishermen who went toward Richmond Island stopped at a place called Deep Ledge and those from the Spurwink River would fish along that part of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Encountering dense fog off Wood Island, Captain Lermond anchored off the eastern end of Stratton Island but dragged anchor onto a ledge during a gale."