Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… to Maine the next year, he bought a parcel of land on the west side of Worthley Pond in the town of Peru."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land. The hamlets they founded grew into towns that were incorporated between 1793 and 1843."

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

"Three auditorium buildings have stood upon this land functioning as huge centers of community activity."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… available nearby to establish themselves—land, lumber, and the sea. They traded for their other needs by participating in the robust import-export…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… England from Glasgow, Scotland at the age of 14, landing in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1775 he enlisted as a soldier of the Revolution and lost a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… part of its ongoing obligation to the tribes for land obtained from them in the 17th and early 18th centuries."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… wildly signaling him from a canoe out of sight of land, Assuming he was in trouble, the captain stopped his ship, only to find that the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… storage for summer use was prevalent through the land. In Hallowell the Moore family operated and ice business for several generations."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… very old and valuable to their family and the land. People wanted to cut or saw off damaged branches to try and save trees or to use for firewood…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… a teamster), and someone to help unload at the landing (called a yard man). The team worked hard -- two choppers could cut 6-7,000 feet of logs a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He purchased land, subdivided it, and created a new neighborhood near his home and with it, came a street that still bears his name."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… to the Dyer family who had previously owned the land. Old school records show that Eleanor Wendell Taylor taught at the Parson's School, 1935…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Isaac Davenport gave the Seminary seven acres of land in Bangor. The first Academy building was a wooden structure rebuilt of brick after the first…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… her second husband, Russell Douglass, tilled the land, he too found many buttons, varying in shape and size."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor. Steamboats, however, did not usually transport residents of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which was about 116 feet wide and 109 feet deep."

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

"… lot" which was to include 5 acres of cleared land, a barn built by the town (thirty feet by forty feet in size and having 13 1/2 foot studs) as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in the two saw mills…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… giving the poor a place to reside, work the land and contribute to their own upkeep. Laws of the State of Maine, 1821 Chapter CXXII, An Act…"

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Old York Historical Society

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Skyline Farm

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The General Henry Knox Museum

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