Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Armed with a grant issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, they chose a site on Mill Island well known to Maine's Native Americans for thousands…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… X The Strong Historical Society received a grant from Maine Historical Society, through the Maine Community Heritage Project, to develop a…"

L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… became the Council of Plymouth. The Council granted large tracts of land to various gentlemen, including a tract along the western banks of the…"

Acadian Archives

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… area hungry, and a $250,000 Housing Assistance Grant was landed to make improvements for many homes in town."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… result of the Muscongus Patent, a 30-square-mile grant of lands, including the Georges River, which was given by the Council of Plymouth in England…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"John B. Thomes of Pittsfield, MA, granted the corporation a plot of land on Main Street to be used for a public library."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The first American, Dennis Fairbanks, settled in the area in 1828 and gained ownership to his land under the provisions set up by the states of Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of a 50 foot square Savage family plot under a deed of trust recorded…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Andrew Carnegie a letter asking for a grant to build the new library in Guilford. The town voted to support the library with $500 per year if Mr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"One of these grants became known as the Waldo Patent, which comprised approximately 1000 acres. It included the whole of Knox County (except for Fox…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"When Read received a land grant from Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong, he reserved specific lots for individuals located in the territory or…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and early 1790’s, many homesteading on land granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… by Peru Historical Society The original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society In 1840, the Maine State Legislature “granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society” for the purpose of creating a fair…"

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."

Caribou Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… was created as the result of a Massachusetts grant in 1779 to Timothy Walker, Jr., and his associates, to settle a land controversy in Concord, New…"

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

"… shore up through Walnut Hill and north to their grant of land, present day New Gloucester, so we can assume that the bare beginnings of the county…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Permission was also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad."