Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Scarborough would have trolley service at last! The connection was originally planned for completion in 1901, but difficulties in constructing a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… The first recorded formal race was 1911 and the last, 1913. One might assume that some Scarborough residents participated."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… thousands of years ago when glaciers from the last ice age receded as the climate warmed. Silt from rivers and streams washed into low-lying…"

Cumberland Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Old York Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Kennebunkport Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… W Staples was appointed The mails during the last two appointments and a long time subsequent were carried to Tremont Helen BernstorfSwan's…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Dixfield DIXFIELD VILLAGE The Last Section to be Settled Dixfield Village as seen from Peru Side, Dixfield, ca.1900Dixfield Historical Society…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Proclamation of statehood, 1820 Statehood at last! Written by William King—Maine's first governor—on March 16, 1820."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"The firm of Kimball and Coombs lasted only a year. In July 1875, George M. Coombs joined the experienced Lewiston architect and engineer William H."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"The hurricane lasted a total of 13 days. Hurricane Edna Timeline September 2nd 1954 2:00 AM Tropical depression Edna is spotted near south America…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"They then followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… a surprise as befell General Grant at Pittsburg last night, and this forenoon it has been raining right down."

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

"In the last two decades, new residents have continued to discover Blue Hill. Many of them grew up in town and went away to find jobs but have been…"

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

"July 21, 1870: Thursday last, the petitioners for an injunction on the bonds authorized by Farmington Village Corporation to aid the Androscoggin…"

Otisfield Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Bangor Public Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Pejepscot Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Messer Basketball Comes to MDI During most of the last century high school basketball played a distinctive role in Mount Desert Island’s social…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Everywhere we called had just sold the last one. So we ended up having to drive to Brunswick and we went to a store called Service Merchandise and we…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Gossip, “each period was full of thrills to the last second.” Today, high school games are played in four eight minute quarters."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879 • Number of active weirs down to 31 • 74…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… along with an increase in precipitation that lasted for nearly fifty years. The difficult climate was tough enough, but Maine farmers were also…"