Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… from England constructed a unique structure from stones taken from the Swift River; St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is located on Rumford Avenue."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… removing brush, and uprighting and cleaning old stones. The town was very grateful for the many hours volunteers spent on this old piece of history."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Carved in stone above the door of the hospital’s main entrance, the shield was also worn on student nurses’ pins."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a cold lodge until very hot, and then cooling them to create steam."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"and Abigail Stone on October 3, 1752. The elder Stephen Titcomb had come to Kennebunk from Newburyport, MA."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Easternmost Point Stone X No longer true in this automated era with tens of thousands finding way to Western Quoddy Head annually, they…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of New York made the town a present of her stone summer residence to be remodeled and used as a consolidated school."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones. Guilford Woolen Mills, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society New Addition to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… the ground and a crew following behind set the stone markers. The King’s Highway was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"He later built a stone dam down stream to create Red Rock Pond. The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… too, but they also hunted, fished and worked as stone-cutters. Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River…"

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

"This stretch of Route 9 was marked with stone pillars and planted out with trees. Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected…"

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

"The interior is filled with heavy stones and gravel. The tops will be some three or four feet above the highest water mark. Dec."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Society During the winter of 1780, the stones for the first mill were brought from Winthrop over the ice and snow."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… and three-quarters was his mark Engraved on his stone at Presque Isle Park. He did not stay to say good-bye But moved on silently without a wish We…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The gypsum and grinding stones to supply the mills were among the goods smuggled into the country from Nova Scotia."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"A memorial stone in the East Wilton cemetery states that his grave is in Gettysburg and his last words were “Tell my Mother that I died fighting for…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… among them is the Italianate Customs House, a stone structure begun in 1852 near the site of the King home, and completed in 1858."