Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"There was only one gas station in Northeast Harbor, down from four. The last barber left town in the mid-1970s. The pharmacy closed in 1989."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… Wormell, lightkeeper at West Quoddy Head Light Station in the 1840s-50s, which explains Almeda’s locater, South Lubec Road...the Lighthouse Road."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… Point, located near the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station, is another relic of native land occupation."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Mountain, near the home of Ben Royal, was a Way Station that had a tie up for horses and lodging for travelers."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"According to West Quoddy Head Light Station history, “during a particularly foggy year, two 10-inch whistles were in operation 1,402 hours, consuming…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… location of the Guilford Town Office and Fire Station. M. & J. HUDSON STORE M. & J. Hudson Store, Guilford, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… curtail the number of utility poles and transfer stations leading into Asticou. He peppered electric and telephone company officials with visits…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a television station, and the Aroostook Centre Mall continues to be a shopping center…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976 Train station and waterfront, Bangor flood, 1902 Partially submerged boxcars alongside a double-masted…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Eventually, they were stationed in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Private Sam Morrell Private Sam Morrill was a member of the 22nd Maine Regiment that…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… Bank Square 2) Scales Building, Guilford Fire Station 3) Guilford High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered Bridge 4) Guilford Memorial Library…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… expanded their business to include a service station offering painting, welding and body work on cars."

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

"Across Tuttle Road from the Fire Station stands a house that was once an important business established in 1793."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The initial seasonal stations established in the 17th century by fishermen and fur traders were supplanted by more stable farming settlements."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was erected at Morgan's Bay."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the early 1950s. Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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

"Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New Portland, 1948New Portland Historical Society The first house built in the North Village was…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In the end of 1899 a flag station was finished and the trains started transporting passengers. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad began delivering…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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