Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… burned is the current school on the High School land. In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… could not fly for more then that distance without landing on something, therefore if they had nothing to land on they could not reach the site."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"John Church deeded two and a half acres of land to the citizens of Farmington, to create a Village Center."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"While there is no apparent survey, it appears the homestead included all the land behind the house toward what is now Quebec Street."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Almost 90 percent of Maine was heavily forested land. Maine's white pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… cottages of their own began buying plots of land from Sweet. In 1908, the homestead was torn down."

Caribou Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… shipyard was located at the present day town landing. Frank Jellison, who served many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he…"

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

"… rose towards Walnut Hill, following the swell of land that we still notice today. This route was certainly taken by Walnut Hill's six original…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… requesting that settlers be confirmed in their land holdings • President Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… had been driven off of much of their traditional land by disease, violence, and European (American and Canadian) encroachment."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Carnegie gave $5000. Mr. Daniel Straw donated the land and another $5000.00 was raised by local citizens. Mr."

Prince Memorial Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Desert Island, to settle conflicting claims to land ownership.Mount Desert Island Historical Society After the Revolutionary War, on February 17…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Everyone cleared land and planted fruit trees and grew vegetables. They hunted. They made their clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

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

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… first car-load of timber for the new depot was landed upon the grounds of the Railroad Company, in this village."

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

"The land was purchased from Hiram and Betsey Pease for the sum of $125.00, April 28, 1885. One source states that in September 1839, Reverend E.S."

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

"… Mile Brook (Carrabassett River) searching for land suitable to build homes for their families. Samuel chose an intervale in Embden."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The potentials of the land attracted early settlers. The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Exploration, culture, and cartography in the land of Norumbega. Ed. Emerson W. Baker et als. Lincoln, Ne.: Universtiy of Nebraska Press, 1994."