Maine Memory Network

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

"… 14, 1934Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Traveling in a snowstorm from Portland to New York on 14 January 1934, the Eastern Steamship…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"When they traveled to England to visit relatives they were introduced to members of the original Blue Stocking Club, a distinguished literary circle…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"It had a stable for travelers, horses, and carriages. In the 1900s, two new stories of wood and two new stories of bricks were constructed to house…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… had moved west yet and many people had died while traveling west. Some of the things Ira might of been afraid of for Jacob were animals, outlaws…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"In the heyday of the trolley, one could travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines."

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

"… Ernestine Rose, a feminist and abolitionist who traveled around the world. Frederick Douglas visited Bangor because to meet with Reverend Amory…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… by volunteer work and subscription, and opened to travel around 1821. There have been 12 bridges on the Piscataquis River; three at Low’s Bridge…"

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

"… a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington was much…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"They asked Rev. Noble to travel to the capital to represent them. There, ever humming his favorite hymn entitled Bangor, as local legend has it, he…"

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

"Early Travel During the time of European settlement, travel was preferably done by water in canoes and small boats, following the example of Native…"

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

"He traveled up the Seven Mile Brook (today known as the Carrabassett River) by canoe late in the fall of 1783."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far more developed than Flagg’s Point (Lubec)."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1875, Arthur went to work for his brother as a traveling salesman. Arthur was very good at this job."

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

"… purchase new merchandise and fresh foods without traveling to the mainland. At its peak, homes were visited by the local fish merchant, who brought…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… first arrived in Blue Hill, Maine in 1776 after traveling from Andover, Massachusetts. Theodore was already married to one Dorcas Osgood from…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the Westons and the Heywoods, were farmers who traveled up the river in 1771 from Massachusetts. They arrived in the spring with three teenage boys…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and power lured settlers to the region on the heels of the Revolutionary War."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Her Circle, many newspaper articles, and even a traveling guide. Throughout her life Mary Alden Hopkins became a renowned writer, and her articles…"

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

"Many were cavalry soldiers, who traveled and fought on horseback. This was probably because of their farm background and being familiar with horses."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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