Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… for sixteen hundred and fifty dollars - four times what they paid for it. Malaga Island Descendants Malaga descendant By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X…"

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

"… the appearance of having been underground a long time, and parts of a skeleton was reported to have been found."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of North Lubec, known as Soward's Neck at that time. Cushing was a surveyor sent to the area from Massachusetts to lay out 100-acre lots which were…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… in agriculture, but most of them employ their time principally in lumbering.” They too faced the same dilemma as Bull as the British government…"

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

"He lived in Freeman at the time of his enlistment and was the son of John and Mary Gilkey. He was enlisted in company L, the 1st of Maine’s Cavalry."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… that lined the Sandy River banks, were wiped out time and again. Due to their necessity for survival of the community, they were most often rebuilt…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"According to newspaper reports, “Long-time residents of Lincoln said the storm was the worst in their memory”: … at the height of the flash flood…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"By the time that John Fairbanks built his mill at Presque Isle in 1836, native people had been driven off of much of their traditional land by…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"During his time in office, he met with dignitaries from over 60 countries. At home, he was given the enormous task of reducing the Defense budget by…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"At the time, only men were allowed to vote. Women were prohibited by the government to vote until the 20th century."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… thirty to forty people, which was amazing at the time.  In July 1964, new machinery was installed, which made shoemaking faster and easier."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… rapids, followed by a vertical waterfall six times as tall as a man. Somehow, the men got past that obstacle, losing a lot of food due to exposure…"

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

"At one time the shoe shop had a tannery connected to it operated by H.C. Clark + Company. This business was a leading industry for many years and…"

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

"At that time both were buried at the cemetery in East New Portland. Their son James composed the following inscription on the stone marking the spot…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"No doubt the old ones at that time were worn out from hard use and being outdoors in all sorts of weather."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… 1911Lubec Historical Society But whatever the economic status, it seems that everyone experienced a grand time as Lubec celebrated in Centennial."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… of 70,000 volumes, valued at $300,000 at that time. (Whipple 9) Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library The fire spread…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"That was a safe capture. But at the same time, Shaffer, who had been waiting on the sidewalk just outside Dakins, pulled out two pistols and opened…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"After its re-establishment at this time Kneisel Hall has continued into the present day as a very prestigious Chamber Music School."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Plantation # 5 was for a time named East Andover. The attraction and the comfort and beauty of the blue hill which rested snugly at the head of the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… of the website through donation of their time, ideas, artifacts, and photographs. Students Photographing a 19th Century Sampler X The…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… The '20’s also brought Guilford devastating times. One of Guilford’s more damaging floods passed through in April 1923, leaving extensive wreckage…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… X The feelings of people living at the time when Ira Fish built the sawmill was a happy feeling, because with a sawmill the town would earn…"