Maine Memory Network

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

"… seeking religious freedoms, was the first settler of New Portland. He traveled up the Seven Mile Brook (today known as the Carrabassett River) by…"

Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"When the first settlers arrived on Islesboro, they found mostly spruce and a scattering of beech, birch and maple trees."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers, petitioned Massachusetts General Court declaring allegiance to Massachusetts and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Almost four centuries ago, settlers from Europe began coming to the region that is now Maine. It was not easy being one of the first farmers in the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… area was called Canaan, and early 19th century settlers carved homes and farms from the wilderness."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… River, a source of water, travel and power lured settlers to the region on the heels of the Revolutionary War."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… arriving in the 18th century, Islesboro's early settlers depended on privately owned boats for transportation to the mainland."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… beginning with the arrival of European settlers and finishing with a genealogical table of the towns’ inhabitants."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… As the new village began to grow and more settlers arrived, simple subsistence living including home-grown produce and home-raised livestock…"

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

"… Historical Society & Museum Early settlers used clams for bait, selling their excess to vessels in the Grand Banks fleet and other fishing areas…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… school buildings was erected in the forest by the settlers in the Thomas Wright District. in the upper portion of East Strong."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… her she was connected to some of the earliest settlers in Strong. The Porter family owned and operated wood turning and matchstick mills, built…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… those places This was very inconvenient to the settlers and often the delivery was long delayed or the mail lost The first office was established…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Other directives were initiated and soon settlers began to arrive, forming three distinctive sections within Township No. 1 called Holmantown."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"He was one of the best educated of the early settlers and lived on what is now Leavitt Street. The Gregory Inn, Mexico ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Another early settler in the village was William Whitman, the grandfather of Hosea B. Whitman. William Whitman settled where G."

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

"… and a different background than the town's first settlers, but like those settlers they were looking for a place where they could farm and live…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"He was the first settler in Lincoln. I would want to become the first Lincoln Major League Baseball player or in the National Basketball Association."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Treat's Island, 1970Lubec Memorial Library Later settlers included Acadians, forced to flee Nova Scotia, veterans of the American Revolution, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… County, except perhaps after 1790 when white settlers along southern Maine (then part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) and New Brunswick moved…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"By the end of 1870, this small group of 51 settlers had roughed out seven miles of road; cut 180 acres of forest (of which 100 acres were burned off…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… Historical Society At the opposite end of the settler spectrum from the Vaughans were the young people who came to Hallowell with limited means…"