Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… them to avoid the tax bills that arrived in March. Hampden Congregational Church, Hampden, 1893Hampden Historical Society Originally…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… Battle of Hampden took place, was incorporated on March 1, 1803. John Crosby and other prominent citizens subscribed the sum of $3400 for the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… notified the Presque Isle Chamber of Commerce on March 20, 1958 that the bid had been accepted. A search then ensued for a tree that would meet the…"

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

"Bangor Public Library. n.d. Web. 12 March 2014. Judd, Richard. Moving Lumber, Growing Bangor. Maine Memory Network."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"A concert at 7:30 by the Bangor Band featured a march, Guilford Centennial, by Lee Sanford, a former Guilford boy who had played in the President's…"

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

"Arno Chase’s greenhouse burned in March 1933. Frank Chase built a greenhouse on Main Street, and had about 8,000 ft. of glass."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… interview with Susan and Charles Guilford March 2012 "Surry pianist hopes concerts will wake people up," Bangor Daily News February 11-12, 2012…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C. to represent Maine in the Cherry Blossom Parade."

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

"On the front page of the March 10 Bar Harbor Times was a letter from Gerald Rich, the president of Pemetic High School’s student council: “The…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… scenarios, history does happen, as it did on March 19th, 2005. It was the Class A Maine State Championship game, and the stakes had rarely been…"

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

"… Lubec, Maine”, Lubec Herald, December, 1948 – March 1950. The Boston Herald, August 1, 1898 Edith Comstock interviews held during November, 2008."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"So, on March 1, 1906, Mrs. Taylor, a supervisor from the Bangor office, was sent to Lincoln to help instruct people on how to operate the new…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… governing officers and the collection of taxes on March 23, 1812. They also needed to vote for a governor, and senators for the districts."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Corinth (a small town just north of Bangor) on March 16, 1857. His father (Robinson Gould) was a farmer and Arthur worked the farm and butcher…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865. In 1890 his widow lived in Shirley, Maine."

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

"Later, on March 9, 1791, the town was named New Portland in honor of the people from Portland that were given the land here."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… by the date of the photograph on the left, March 29, 1962. Pouring of the concrete deck was scheduled later in the spring."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"The John R Braden March Song © 1922 (sung to the tune of “Boom Our State” also by Byron Verge) VERSE ONE There’s a song of triumph rising clear with…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Then, on March 4, 1968, Standard Packaging announced that it was closing its plants in Brewer and Lincoln."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Meeting, 1933Islesboro Historical Society On March 14, 1913 the Seventy-sixth Legislature of Maine passed an act to prohibit the use of…"

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

"March 16, 1871: The late rains have shown the urgent necessity of building a drain on the east side of the street leading from Pleasant to the new…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Building of the Academy commenced in March of 1803, and was finished that same spring; the doors were opened to students in November."