Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… pioneers, with the largest quarries in Biddeford, located out along the Pool Road. In 1866 they furnished the granite for the rebuilding of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… Village, and a tavern and school were once located there. In 1860 the folks on Severy Hill built a huge cart body and put it on four cart-wheels…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… with pleasant land points which afford perfect locations for the construction of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… the Town or Congregational Meeting House, it was located on the hill east of Mill River, upon a piece of land conveyed by Captain David Fales which…"

McArthur Public Library

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce Street, then at its Scotty’s Mountain location on Route 120, and finally at its…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"The Third Battalion was located in Calais with its Company #11 in Eastport. These were most likely the men who were in the parade in Lubec."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… Society The Tuscan Opera House, centrally located on Main Street in Dixfield once served as the cultural heart of this river valley civilization…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"In 1873, Bishop David Bacon invited them to Portland to teach and care for orphans. From these locations, the Maine Mercy community spread and…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… leased Hiram Comstock’s tidal grist mill located at Mill Creek in North Lubec. According to Reverend Jernegan in the prospectus he prepared for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… saw NBA, minor league, college and high school basketball, high school and college graduations, fairs fair events circuses, concerts, ice shows…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Bush Celebrity Golf Classic. Located on State Street less than a block from Mercy Hospital, and near other local medical facilities, in 2018, Gary’s…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… Penobscot, with the Kenduskeag Stream ideally located nearby. Within five years of Bangor being settled (1769), the first sawmill had been built."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through high school."

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

"She performed on many occasions and in many locations on and around the island, creating quite a stir whenever she was in town."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"McCurdy’s was at the usual functional location, out at the end of the wharf on long pilings, on the right in Van Riper’s photograph."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"… places such as Pittsfield and Searsport, both located in Maine. Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"The Mace Building was donated and was located at 489 State Street in Bangor Maine, at the foot of what is now Summit Avenue. Founded by William H."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… from the middle canal to turbine generators located on river bed basin 80 feet below. This expansion was to utilize the full extent of the Great…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"2017. "Temperance movement." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 May. 2017…"