Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… not considered the center of town, its residents still raise a healthy voice in all town affairs and guard the esthetic and historical value of the…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Today, the Auxiliary to Mercy Hospital still operates and staffs the gift shop, as well as organizing special events and fundraisers to support…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… and Nova Scotia (soon New Brunswick) began was still an open question, one that was not even solved by identifying the Saint Croix River as the…"

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

"… bring baked beans all hot in a bucket.” Many kids still bring cold lunches from home, but hot lunch can be extra popular on days with everyone's…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… distinct portions of the original Harbor Cottage still stand today in 2013 and remain in use in separate locations."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"The City Hall is still used for meetings and official city government business. Many of the earlier uses of City Hall for specific organizations have…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… Arabs are fighting over a rock for years and is still going on today. Presently, the U.S. has been fighting in Iraq for seven years."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"This part of the building is still operating today owned by Chastenay Property Management. Notice the J."

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

"… these disfiguring lines formerly existed, I can still see in my mind's eye their unsightliness, and often recollect how the accident of a situation…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"It helps our town now because we still have a mill but it is now a tissue and paper mill instead of a sawmill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"While there was no loss of life or life-threatening injuries, 300 families (700 people) were left homeless with only the clothes on their backs; 28…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Still, the economic swings of 19th-century America affected "The Lumber Capital of the World." Instability of credit and of money itself as well as…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… “Today we should be going forward—if we stand still we shall slip.” Her diaries are a treasured aspect of the Sisters of Mercy archive."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"He was shot down in the river where it is still today called "Bomazeen Rips." Around noon on August 22, the soldiers circled the small village."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"I don’t know. It had a gold foil covering. I still have it. I’ll show it to you. I remember that there were seven of us contestants."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"It is a cozy little church that is still attended today by many Catholic Church goers in the area, and will possibly stand for another 100."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In the 1880s, the Rodick family still lived on Rodick's Island, now Bar Island, where they raised sheep and spun and wove their own wool."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"This brook briefly explains about Fales' life. It includes important details about his life such as his rank in the army, siblings and parents."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… remains and today some of those remains can still be seen at Higgins Beach. Fannie and Edith Fannie and Edith Shipwreck, Scarborough…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"It is still known for the rolling hills, clear rivers, and fertile farmlands that attracted settlers here over two hundred years ago."

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

"Travel around the island was by water or rickety “buckboard” carriages on rough, bumpy, steep buckboard roads. Village life centered around…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… upon the property of the former Dane Cottage, and still remains standing to this day. As the Rockefeller family planted their roots on Mt."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"N.p.: Life Magazine, 1948. “Cascade Still Well Preserved.” Hand Tub Owned by Vaughan Family In Hallowell, Built In 1819 Long a Central Maine…"