Maine Memory Network

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… conducted the meetings and were elected to all offices. The women and children provided hearty meals at the meetings."

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

"… Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding house."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"The towered corner building housed the Post Office in 1911 (and for many years afterward), was also proudly deocorated for the grand celebration."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Post offices were established at Mexico Corner, Hale, and Ridlonville. Mexico currently has a town manager form of government with five selectmen…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… brought the mail from the train to the post office. Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… eight women’s shelters, as well as welfare offices and hubs of other services. Sister Miriam was looking for two criteria: the first was the…"

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

"Hugh Chisholm could not hold this office as he was then President of IP. However, Mr. Chisholm was so organized that all the plans were in place such…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Boston & Maine Railroad; and by 1890 all of its officers and employees were under the direction of the Boston & Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… in Farmington, on the lot where Farmington Post Office now stands. Their children were successful in their own right."

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

"… Belcher, for the Village Corporation and its officers, and Wm P. Frye, for [the] Railroad Company the temporary injunction was refused and the case…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The Buxton enterprises included an early post office, cooperage, and blacksmith shop. Samuel B. Chase built a brick Federal style house in 1831 that…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… appointed by President Washington as the first officer of the Revenue Cutter Service, came to remote Eastport and Lubec during an era of…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

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

"… catch up with neighbors and friends at the post office or grocery store and community-minded residents organize benefit dinners or concerts to help…"

Acadian Archives

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

"We have a Presbyterian Church, a post office, a historical society and Ace Electric Company. The Lion's Hall is still here but not used very much."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… a stable of security guards, as well as police officers Fred Flynn and Harry Edgecomb, available to escort any riffraff from the park as deemed…"

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

"The officers of the company are earnest, Christian gentlemen, and many of their employees are Christians."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… church, and transacted business at the post office and stores in Walnut Hill. The Loring children went to the nearby Buxton School, a one room…"

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

"Each village had at least one church, a post office, schools, and multiple businesses. Even though each village has its own features and businesses…"