Maine Memory Network

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

"… of expression, and had a keen interest in Eastern religions. In her later years she entered the United Lodge of Theosophists."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The religion of the French was more appealing to the natives as opposed to the strict Puritan Church that held little likeness to these people of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"But he was converted to religion and a devotion to Christ at a camp-meeting early on. He would spend the rest of his life preaching wherever he could…"

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

"… Society Early life came heavily ingrained with religion. New residents needed a house of worship to call their own."

Colby College Special Collections

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Another is that religion, dating all the way back to Puritan education, was a very important goal, mostly for religious instruction, but it stuck."