Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… high school and college buildings, calling it “way behind the times”, “antique”, and “in grandfather’s time.” In a 1956 speech to Maine civil…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… coexistence that resulted occasionally gave way to violence and became bound up in escalating imperial competition between the English and the…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"Later he forced his way into another cave where he destroyed five enemy soldiers. Throughout the entire operation, he went on numerous patrols in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… of a garden, and used others to build a two-story cabin with two rooms on the first floor to be used as a dwelling and a storage room upstairs…"

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

"… such as the time Louis Mitchell paddled all the way around Mount Desert Island – 60 miles in 12 hours."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way. They could be called in at anytime. The Guilford Fire Department is a volunteer fire…"

Wilson Museum

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Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… Early Maine Photography" collections found their way to MHS through varied formats. In some instances, images were donated or purchased on their…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… ranch-style home next to this garage at 8 Asticou Way informally named "The Red House" (because of its red aluminum siding installed in the 1960s)…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"With the bank gone there was no way to prevent access to the fair and thereby make money from admission charged."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… and homemakers as a symbol of a bygone era, “The Way Life Should Be.” Governor Bodwell Steamboat, Swan's Island, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… of Route 3 meets the upper end of the Asticou Way as well as Asticou Hill Trail. Harbor Cottage served first as family homestead for A.C."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Someone informed George Washington that the only way to travel on the Kennebec was in bateaux, or long, thin boats that you move by pushing long…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"I hope to buy two new skirts, two blouses, long socks, and black dress shoes. If I have enough money, I will try to buy boots, too."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"On our way from the flank around to the front, we met scores wounded, dying and dead, being carried off on stretchers."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… some members driving over two hours each way to participate in this unique experience. Over the years the group traveled beyond the the Soviet…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"In July of 1945, two diesel locomotives replaced the two electric ones. The last freight run was made in April of 1996."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… the years because there are newer and safer ways to cut down and transform trees into logs and logs into boards."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… 227 on I-95 X Until the mid-1800s, the only way to arrive in Lincoln was to paddle up the Penobscot River, walk the ancient Indian footpaths…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… this automated era with tens of thousands finding way to Western Quoddy Head annually, they photograph their families adjacent to the tower and the…"

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

"They returned to Topsham a different way this time by following the Sandy to the Kennebec River and down to Merrymeeting Bay to their homes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… at stations in Scarborough and other towns on its way to South Berwick where it connected with the Boston & Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… High by two points in the playoffs along the way. Because they lost so many key players to graduation, 1958 was not a good season for the Indians…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"This way, the company made more money by sending out production themselves. In 1886, it was officially administered as the John MacGregor Corporation."