Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… “punch” that was made to showcase the states natural grandeur, recreational advantages and unparalleled hospitality to participants and their…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… speculators swarmed all over Maine surveying its natural resources. They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Hugh set sights on the East and the vast natural resources that would expand his “love for paper” through its manufacture."

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"… flight, being so close to home, it was only natural he would want to fly to Florida via his hometown of Lincoln. He did this in great style."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… black ink or water paint does not represent their natural color." He wrote that it took him 6 days to create the arm chair, 5 days for the oval…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"… for controlled growth and preservation of natural resources while maintaining Scarborough's small-town character."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Small peripheral villages (often ethnic in nature) developed outside the Rumford Falls area. Each of these areas had their own small, community…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"While the region retains its rural small-town nature, inhabitants can much more easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… could walk across from the island to Peru on a natural causeway. When the river was high and swift, they would be rowed across by boat."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… residents realized the need to protect the natural resources that had attracted people to the town."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… & paint the Iron works & I soon found he had a natural tact for drawing." Martin was writing and illustrating a "scrapbook" in which he recounted…"

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

"… bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi. This steam could be used for producing…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"A serious issue facing clammers is red tide, a naturally occurring toxic algae. Toxins accumulate in mussels and clams during a red tide and can…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… Society, Rodney Laughton, the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center and Broadturn Farm Unlike many neighboring towns, Scarborough did not develop around…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… impacted the marsh, destroying soils and natural vegetation. As haying on the marsh declined, cleared inland pastures supplied that need."

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Fourteen years later, his wife died of natural causes. Then five years later he remarried Dorcas Fowler, who was his wife until the day he died."

Longfellow Garden Club

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… in the 1960s—caused not by the hand of Mother Nature, but by human intervention. The people of Lincoln called on their perseverance and civic pride…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Historical Buildings

"The changing styles of architecture, the regional natural resources and the methods of construction used illustrate its values and how it saw itself…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"William S. Cohen, The Man and the School William S. Cohen ca. 1944 Item courtesy of the University of Maine Special Collections."

Life on a Tidal River - Dress Up Day

"Dress Up Day One of the favorite activities this year has been "Dress Up Day". Both Bill Cook of the Bangor Public Library and Dana Lippitt of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s Text by The 7th Grade Maine Studies Students of the William S. Cohen School."