Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"And two years after that the island's first road stretched from Somesville to Southwest Harbor, by way of Beech Hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Music Lending Library: It started in 1983 as a road trip between friends in a borrowed RV. Mary Cheney Gould (founder of the Bagaduce Chorale), and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… on the corner of Main Street and Parker Point Road that opened its doors in 1939. It is now widely recognized as among the busiest small-town…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"It is located at the intersection of Lee Road and Main Street. A major event about this church was that Isaac Burton donated a clock for the front of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"The Military Road through Lincoln was the main avenue of transportation for most of the troops, so it must have excited lots of the townspeople."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… localized to the church at the Route 9/Blanchard Road intersection. Cumberland Map X Cumberland’s Secession: 1821 This church split…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… a bridge because if he had been walking on the road, he would be asked why he was traveling on the Sabbath."

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

"… was near what is now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball Block…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… development of a strong infrastructure, building roads, designing bridges and establishing mills. They would also contribute to the ministerial…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… moving out of the Old Ell and down the road into her niece Marcia Savage’s home. Marcia Savage (1943-2001), the daughter of Richard and Ernestine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… down the hill and northwest behind the horseshoe road of Asticou Way along present day Rye Field Lane."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"That small brick structure set back away from the road. The flames however crossed Main Street and took the Baptist Church, stayed on the west side…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Small lots with road frontage were sold piece-meal, often referencing Belcher's Field. That field was later known as Pratt's Field and was used by…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… remained was moved approximately 150 feet up the road. In 1916, Guilford citizens joyously celebrated the town’s 100th anniversary. Mr."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He would rough out the roads in the woods. While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce. His father would take the strips of the resin and…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The Rail Road comes to West Farmington By the 1850’s, there was “such prosperity and contentment” that no one was selling their farm."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Better roads also improved traveling conditions. The final cause was school consolidation. During the 40s and 50s Sedgwick, Penobscot, Brooksville…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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