Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Sagadahoc County Courthouse Text by Jared Gilliam, Emily Parker, and Kaitlyn Smith 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Merchants' Row Text by Dakota Elwell, Danyelle Layton, and Molly Turner 7th graders at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten Free Library…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Ledyard Block Text by Nathanial Barter, Devyn Pushard, and Sheridan Valure 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten Free…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The Customs House Text by Kimberly Mathews, Charles Mills, Courtney Mitchell, and Ashley Rusaw 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Davenport Memorial and City Hall Text by Rebecca Black, Christie Duffy, Courtney McKinney, and Brook Mitchell 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… activities had been relocated to the George's River from Mill Creek/River. Knox’s Wharf (successively known as Vose’s, Knox’s, Boynton’s, Foster’s…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m. on the bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"[13] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 32. [14] Willis, William, History of Portland vol. II (Portland: Charles Day & Co., 1833), 258."

Ellsworth Public Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… at the time the british soldiers were on the banks of the River ready for action when our Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… men fished off shore on commercial vessels at the Banks or in recent years, aboard draggers, trawlers or gill-netting vessels, most likely out of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… slope from the “Lower Light” to the western bank of the Penobscot River. The residences of Summer Street reflect Hampden’s 19th century wealth, for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865Thomaston Historical Society The Thomaston Bank was established in 1825 at the Lower Corner on the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge across the Scarborough River narrowed clearance for…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"In 1806 he became the first president of the Penobscot Bank in Bucksport. Back to Introduction Continue to Incorporation"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Bank Square, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Bank Square - South Main Street on the right showing Spearing Furniture Store and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… store on the first floor and the First National Bank on the second floor. John Scales & Sons became the firm name on January 20, 1916 because…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Pride Manufacturing Co., situated on the banks of the Piscataquis River about a mile and a half downstream from the village, is the largest…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"Crosby was named the president of the First Bank in Bucksport. It was the only bank east of Wiscasset, but due to the carelessness of a cashier…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"A ropewalk situated on the eastern bank of Mill Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the Penobscot. A round trip ticket to the park, from the Main Road just over 2 tenths…"