Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Around North Yarmouth. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia, 2006. Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… service north to Kingfield, west to Phillips, and south to Farmington. "Clin" or "C.V.", as he was better known, acquired property on Upper Main…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"To proponents of slavery in the South, however, this would cause an imbalance in the ratio of free-to-slave states, which was split equally at eleven…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in Portland (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… 2:00 AM Tropical depression Edna is spotted near south America with 30 MPH winds but is not moving. September 2nd 1954 8:00 AM Tropical depression…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… of Cumberland was developing several miles south. Although less than four miles separated these early villages, covering ground between the two was…"

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

"… miles square, whose center is about five minutes south of the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"1 seed Bangor and No. 2 seed Oxford Hills of South Paris. They also beat No. 13 Brewer to become Eastern Maine Champions. Up next was the State Final."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… recently established its presence in town, headed south to North Carolina to escape the tax burden. Still, hope was not lost."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… I forget the loving kindness I received there.” A South Portland resident writing in 1964 went even further."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… on Wasgatt Cove in Northeast Harbor, just south of where Hadlock Brook empties into Somes Sound."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… for making tools or dried corn from groups to the south and west that grew crops where the climate was more favorable for horticulture."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Nason, Emma H. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. South China, ME: Sam Teddy Publishing, 2009. “The History of The Fireman’s Muster.” n.d."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America. Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… spring, the ice was shipped in sawdust to the south, Central America. Ice was even shipped away to countries like Cuba and the West Indies."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained important to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… shell middens along the shores of Mill Creek and South Bay. The very word “Passamaquoddy” means “pollock plenty place” in the tribal language."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point, south of Ryder’s Cove, facing Bounty Cove and the present Northeast Point, welcomed its first summer…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols. Whom I captured at the Battle of Fair oaks."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… training as a combat rifleman he was sent to the South Pacific and took part in four separate amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"It is located on the south side of Elm Street facing the Piscataquis River. The building has six beautiful guest rooms."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"The store was first located on the south end of Main Street where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built."

Skowhegan History House

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road. The town added a 500,000-gallon enclosed concrete reservoir at the north end of…"