Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… also offer precious glimpses into deeply human stories: how Wabanaki and European peoples sought to survive, to thrive, to secure their visions for…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… an agent for the United States, wanted to hear stories from the elders of the Tribal community about the location of the St. Croix River."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Wabanaki relics and crafts by telling captivating stories about the objects and himself. “Big Thunder, the Indian Guide.” This photo of Frank…"

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

"… represented more clearly by focusing on one man’s story. Donald Alison Bryant, a native of Mt. Desert Island, spent most of 30 years working very…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"The buildings are three-story, brick structures with flat roofs. This block was built on the site of the Columbian Hotel and the Columbian Hall…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Timeline of Native American Culture." Home: The story of Maine. Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Web. 1 Jan 2010."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Some of the most colorful stories surround Captain Melatiah K. Chase. In 1847, at age 23, when he was first mate on the Sarah E."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"It was a three story building. Two more wings were eventually added on the sides. The hall lasted for twenty-two years, until a fire burnt it to the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Hearst and the Duchess of Windsor. A news story in the September 1, 1938 Christian Science Monitor reported that two of Litchfield’s violins were…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"From Rome she also sent stories to the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia. The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"One story claims he was captured by the Norridgewock tribe and was freed by Hannah, who fled with him and later married him."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"The Oxford Story published in 1958 by the Oxford Paper Company is a detailed story of the Chisholm family and the growth of the company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Many stories have been told about that difficult year. It snowed sometime during every month. View of Seven Mile Stream, East Dixfield…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"Some are presented as part of larger stories he told or as a way to provide additional detail. In one instance, he pasted into the scrapbook a story…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"The stories of the women here highlight not only their contributions to Mercy, but also the ties that the hospital has to communities across the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Thomas himself wrote that he only told stories of the victories of the colony and did not report about the struggles, which were soon forgotten."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… store in Stockholm, a 20 X 20 one-and-a-half story building. They opened a general store in the early 1900s."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… the Island of transformed structures to see what stories other Mount Desert Island buildings and their occupants, past and present, can tell, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"-Mount Desert Herald, July 1881 Stories of Wabanaki canoe feats abounded, such as the time Louis Mitchell paddled all the way around Mount Desert…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Many small farms are gone and that is the sad story indeed. Organic farming is becoming very popular in Maine and the organization MOFCA is thriving…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"They read stories, played cards, and did anything that could interest them. In spring, workers from out of state came to drive the logs."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… nt/features/stories/2009/01/15/ca_ar_laugh.html ● Duffy, Troy, director. The Boondock Saints."