Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"I planned to open the door one-half hour before the children came. Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… process, they established a Five Year Leadership Plan, the name was changed to Guilford Industries, Inc., and they purchased a California firm to…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… everyone felt a great satisfaction in a day well planned and long to be remembered. Guilford Centennial 1916 Commemorative Coins X…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"… and living for today while always thinking and planning for the future. How very apt is the motto used by Hampden Academy which came from John…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Wiggin Nathaniel Harlow Elizabeth Blowers Mr. Spanford Singing School Plan of north end of Bangor"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Martin planned to use the second half of the book to write about contemporary events. He hoped the journal would be "preserved for many generations…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The paper is relatively quiet about the plans until July 1870. From then on, the paper contains articles about the progress of the railroad bridge…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the park; he was an excellent candidate for the job, with vast experience designing a…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"A State highway construction plan proposed widening Water Street to a four-lane highway, by razing all the buildings between the Kennebec River and…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… depiction of nuclear holocaust in 1983, Nowick planned an ambitious 12 concert series including all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas and 32 Haydn sonatas…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"… not expecting a morning cyclone to ruin their plans. During On a Tuesday morning in December, 1895, at 8:00 am, Chas A."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… of themes and topics in Maine history; lesson plans; a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… Kennebec Journal, Steven Cartwright, Hubbard Free plans renovations Maine Sunday Telegram, April 12th, 1987, The Flood of ’87 - A Souvenir Section…"

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

"… and the growth of our schools from church schools to one-room schoolhouses to community schools and finally to our joint Maine School…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"… of themes and topics in Maine history; lesson plans; a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… mansion, Montpelier, in Thomaston built from a plan similar to the Swan’s Island ‘Big House’of Col. James Swan."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… Kennebec Journal, Steven Cartwright, Hubbard Free plans renovations Maine Sunday Telegram, April 12th, 1987, The Flood of ’87 - A Souvenir Section…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del would also go to schools to speak about his job. He did about thirty presentations a year to students at middle schools, and high school…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"When it was time for kids to come in a teacher would stand in the doorway and ring a bell unless the school had a bell tower."

Lincoln, Maine - About Our Project

"… of themes and topics in Maine history, lesson plans, a gallery of student history projects, online tools that allow site visitors to create and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Eventually all other schools shut down, including Blue Hill Academy, and the only two left standing were the Consolidated School - which served the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… Quilt Show, even off-islanders who make special plans to arrive during this annual event. Today's times have changed drastically, with frequent…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"This school, which opened on 8 April 1930, was the first in the nation to offer a campus-like flying school."