Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… their remains were never found and the last time they were seen was off of the coast of Cape Cod at 7:10 P.M."

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

"Nonetheless, the long-lasting international border of 1842 is not as all powerful as it sometimes seems."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… were part of this greater tribe and were the last to remain in this region. This tribe first began to feel great losses as early as 1607 when the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… reported the event: About half past ten o’clock last night a dispatch was received in this city for Mayor Bragg, announcing that the village of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… residence into seasonal summer rental cottage lasted through the summer of 2010. Old Ell, Asticou, Northeast Harbor Maine July 2007Northeast…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"His attendance at the Maine Normal School lasted only two years. After he got his degree in teaching he practiced for one year but did not pursue the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But the school’s last commencement was in 1918. In 1924, Oren Haskell attempted to reopen the school and return it to its former excellence; over the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… of conversation in recent years, more in the last few weeks of the year 1950, because action was scheduled to be taken at the annual town meeting…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… operations in September 1916, but not without one last effort to win back paying patrons, a desperate plea in the guise of a newspaper promotion…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… to hold the contest? S: No, I think that was the last year. The factories were going down. Of course, we didn’t know it but they (the owners) knew…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The last fire of the decade destroyed most of the residences and a church on the west side of Water Street, across from BIW."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… people are important because their businesses lasted so long and they helped to make Bath what it is today."

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

"… and out with the lumber, but Bangor was also the last deep water port on the Penobscot, with the Kenduskeag Stream ideally located nearby."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The last way the newspapers are different now than they were back then is, one of the types of newspapers was not printed in Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… from Lincoln did not fight in war until the last two years that the war took place. The United States entered the war in 1917, but 168 people from…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Discipline has changed very much in the last 200 years, and it is still being modified slightly every year to encourage acceptable behavior."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"What was probably the last vessel built there was a craft of 40 or 50 tons which was hauled in the spring of 1843."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… was ten years old in 1873 when he observed the last ship, the Joshua Grindle, launched there on July 4 with a large community wide celebration."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of his era, attended school for sessions that lasted about 12 weeks. Sometimes, students attended more than one session a year, some taught by…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This decline did not last and by 1900 the industry had revived. Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Jacob’s son, Jacob Abbott (yes, the father's last name has one "t" and the son's has two), educated at Hallowell Academy in preparation for his later…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"He returned to the U.S. and gave his last public performance in 1947, the same year the fire ravaged the Building of the Arts and Mount Desert Island."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… out of employment, and the fond hopes of the last eight months for the building up of a prosperous city around the fabled gold producing plant…"