Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"If it rained, the clay roads were as slippery as snowy roads. With good conditions, they could take the ferry across the Penobscot River from…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Davistown Museum

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"… railroad known as the Aroostook Valley Rail Road, or AVR. It also had its own train station. You could travel from New Sweden to Woodland to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… willing to put in the labor required to clear roads and create a farmstead. It is this land that would later become the town of New Sweden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… turned ancient forest trails into paths and dirt roads. I mean now to give you a history of my discovering of the Island of Mount Desert in the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… built in front of the prison wall on the county road. It was named after W. W. Rice, a prison official who served as foreman."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"Stately captains’ homes along the original County Road and side streets still remain, representing a strong architectural link to the town’s unique…"

William Fogg Public Library

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"And he and Isabel were staunch supporters of the Grange. All the while, Chester provided jobs for folks who needed work, and he invented."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… administration- ya know they had public road projects paving streets so it wasn’t so bad here. The city was much worse."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Some of them were the fox farms on the Military Road, Transalpine Road, Route 2, and Fish Hill. Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes."

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

"At the time, what is now Main Street was Daniel Kimball’s pasture with a private road leading to his home."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… of men who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister. At the moment my sister is having very bad medical issues, so she is always…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… we have ambulances that have certain rights on roads that allow them to get to patients quicker. These are some ways early hospitals and modern…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and finally at its present facility on Glover Road. The Black Mountain Ski Resort now features skiing for the family at affordable rates, a tubing…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and this initiated the building of the military road between Houlton and Bangor—this same road connected to Presque Isle in 1839."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Drive above the Asticou Inn where the main road of Route 3 meets the upper end of the Asticou Way as well as Asticou Hill Trail."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"Program cover ca. 1930 All roads lead to the Surry PlayhouseSurry Historical Society Despite the Great Depression, the Surry Theater Company…"