Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"According to Paul S. Richardson in The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park, “Abraham Somes and James Richardson not only started the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"and Elijah Richardson who all signed a petition to Governor Bernard in 1768. The second major group of settlers came from Eastham, Cape Cod…"

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"More About the Johnson Brothers As a youth, Richardson Johnson was very ambitious, so it wasn’t surprising when he started his own business, solo."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson. Richardson Johnson opened his first factory in Lynn, Massachusetts."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… Crotch Road near the place built by Ebenezer Richardson, one of the original settlers. According to town records the Parsons Bridge was the first…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… Long, Sheldon Goldthwait, Ralph Stanley, and Paul Richardson. This site highlights exhibits created by students from Mount Desert Island schools."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… Sound, followed later that same year by James Richardson and his family. They were the first white people to settle at Mt."

Waterville Public Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"235-256) 3. Richardson, H. W., William M. Sargent, Leonard Bond Chapman, and E. C. Bowler. “Book II, Fol. 113, 114.” York Deeds. Portland: John T."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"EVENTS Floods Text By: Courtney Richardson & Zachary McKenney Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community Middle School Images from the Guilford…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… and mid-island, with the extended Pray, Somes, Richardson, and Higgins clans, and Tremont with its Reeds, Goodwins, Lawsons, and Murphys, are two…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Johnson and Richardson M. Johnson. The regular building was made of wood with a brick foundation. The building had parts built onto it in 1894…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"Carolyn Stone By Cassandra Richardson, Secondary Education major, Social Studies concentration, University of Maine at Farmington, Class of 2010…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"The Masonic Hall was built by Asa F. Richardson in 1904 for the purpose of meetings and other purposes."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… at Harvard while working for Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott. After receiving his degree from Harvard in 1955, Barrows joined the firm of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"Richardson and developed friendships with such influential designers as William R. Emerson and Robert S. Peabody."

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

"… men led by Captain Benjamin Swett and Lieutenant Richardson were drawn into ambush and a bloody battle ensued in the vicinity of Moore's Brook…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Soon more settlers arrived, including James Richardson, who settled just to the east of Somes. Within two years there were nine households on Mount…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In 1938 an eight grader named Harold "Scoot" Richardson was the janitor for Black Point School and according to the Scarborough Town Report he was…"