Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"The Final Vote William Williamson to Joseph Williamson on the final vote for separation, Boston, 1819Maine Historical Society For several…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Map by Francis Joseph Neptune, Cobscook River, 1798Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders portal makes accessible three of the Maine Historical…"

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

"… with Three Summer Residents Dedication of Joseph H. Curtis Memorial, Northeast Harbor, 1933Mount Desert Island Historical Society Among the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Of those listed on the Soldier's Monument, Joseph Pepper and George Pepper deserve special mention because George's letters to his mother still…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Croix, based on a sketch by British surveyor Joseph Bouchette of Montreal, includes an iron ring on a tree, placed by surveyors to identify the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… by neighbor, summer resident, and civil engineer, Joseph H. Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of a 50…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"With O’Brien as president, Joseph Williamson Byron and Boyd Bowditch Mower were the directors of the company."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… the District of Maine," as he wrote to his friend Joseph Peirce in 1795. And indeed, he was involved in several local projects – logging, lime…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"Jonathan was sent to live with his uncle, Joseph Avery, who raised him and, because he was aware of Jonathan's extraordinary talents and intellectual…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Joseph Mitchell and his wife “Aunt Hannah” Dillingham settled on the farm through which this brook runs about 1802."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Shettleworth, Jr. Home for Joseph Briggs designed by George M. Coombs, 1884 Maine Historical Society George Millard Coombs (1851-1909) was born…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring the remaining family back to the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… John Holyoke, Enoch Pond, Amory Battles, and Joseph Henry. As with other some of the other social movements of the times, the abolitionist movement…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Prominent local businessman and politician Joseph Parker Bass and Ezra L. Stearns helped incorporate Maplewood Park, and its original architecture…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"Joseph Healthcare. Eastern Maine Medical Center History Beginnings After the public discussed wanting a local hospital, a petition was started in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Porter Joseph W. Maine Historical Magazine, Vol VIII No. 9, Sept 1893. —(LI) Sawyer, Rick. The Vital Records of Blue Hill, ME, unpublished.--(LC)…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Kneisel (Franz Kneisel’s daughter), Artur Balsom, Joseph Fuchs and Lillian Fuchs. After its re-establishment at this time Kneisel Hall has…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… the first permanent settlers were John Roundy and Joseph Wood. They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"Mrs. Virgil Kline, a descendant of Joseph Wood, one of Blue Hill's founders, was director of an opera company in Boston."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… parents, except that her father’s name was Joseph and he was a full-blooded Native American. Sylvia’s mother’s name was Mary, who was half white…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"The first instructor, Joseph True, wouldn’t have been the first instructor if the school was never built."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Strudwick, Anne Revere, Dorothy Matthews, and Joseph Cotton all played at the Playhouse early in their careers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St. Joseph's Catholic Church held early Masses there before its move to upper Weld Street."

Westport Island History Committee

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