Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Students attempted to fill in blank maps of the city, list as many facts as they could recall, and pose thoughtful questions on topics that they were…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"Aroostook War Map X To prove this statement with research, I found that Canada would have gotten its way if Maine did not stand up and create a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Early Settlements map of Islesboro  Text by Lang Smith Big Tree, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society Islesboro was first settled…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Businesses and Cottage Industries map of Islesboro  Text by John Mitchell Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"1880Maine Historical Society Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union River and north to Ellsworth Falls. On an early settler map of…"

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"The 1885 map of Hallowell shows the occupant of the Thomas Bond House as C.A. Page. Charles A. Page was a manufacturer/dealer of saddle, harnesses…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… family and friends—a place already labeled on a map—to arrive somewhere without these foundations and struggle to create them."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in the early 1850s, according to the 1858 map of Bath, and city tax records, David Tilden Stinson rented the location from Oliver Moses, running a…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Birds eye view map, Hallowell, 1878 Bombahook is the peninsula on the left side of the image. Click on the picture to zoom in for a closer…"

Hartland Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… images, prepared poems, timelines, cartoons, maps, podcasts, and other creative supports. Hallowell downtown on the screen in background X The…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… X This year's plethora of information included maps, a ships manifest, newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual…"

Lubec Historical Society

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Leeds Historical Society

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Maine State Archives

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"Yarmouth Map X Yarmouth Takes Its Leave: 1849 The last town to secede from North Yarmouth was coastal Yarmouth."

Peru Historical Society

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Windham Historical Society

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Westport Island History Committee

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Champlain’s early map gives this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on…"

Oakfield Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… business directory of the subscribers to the new map of Maine : with a brief history and description of the state. Portland, Maine : J."