Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"He practiced law in Lincoln from 1858 until the Civil War began. He joined the 11th Maine Regiment on November 2, 1861."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… medical practice after becoming interested in the law and being appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"In the late 1800s game laws were put into place that regulated how many deer you could tag. Moose hunting and caribou hunting were outlawed."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… homestead passed to her three children under the laws of intestacy. Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… the Supreme Court of the State of Maine opened a law office before 1905. Henry W. Park came to Mexico from Dixfield."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"His son had attended Yale in the Arts and Harvard Law School and had been brought up in a pulp and paper family."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to offer instruction in personal hygiene and community sanitation."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… to the bar in 1811, he started practicing law in Fryeburg, Maine in 1812, moving his office to Paris in 1819."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"However, the schools found it difficult to enforce the laws, as much as they tried. Truancy, tardiness and absences persisted."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"On July 1, 1966, the Medicare Act was signed into law. As a result, hospitals were required to pass stringent inspections in order to receive…"

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

"Jerome and Belle (Smallidge) Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"His son, Major John Crosby, and son-in-law, Elias Dudley, ran his business until 1852. Jacob Curtis owned a blacksmith shop near Crosby’s home."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"As the Revenue Cutter Service, the maritime law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion. The Rumford mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… and prosper and by 1865 there were saw mills, law offices, retail stores, and a woolen factory. The railroad arrived in 1871 creating opportunities…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Agrarian laws designed to “confiscate land holdings and redistribute them to the landless”, temporarily freed many from traditional societal…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… on the other hand obliged to pay obedience to the laws of Massachusetts …. declared to be within the limits of their government.” The petition was…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Under a Maine law of 1887 children under the age of 12 could not work in manufacturing establishments. Canneries were the exception."

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

"Marshall Att'y at Law B. Adams “ “ “ S.A. Bennet Physician & Surgeon W.H. Stevens “ “ “ J.P. Churchell & Son Merchant A."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… residents, had convinced legislators that this law was necessary. The summer community kept cars off the island from 1913 until 1933."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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