Maine Memory Network

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

"… grounds in this village, the dirt above him gave way, falling upon his head and shoulders as he stooped to take up a shovel full, bending him…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… – moving into the role of defender of a genteel way of life that was trending elsewhere while also making gestures to attracting a new clientele by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… stretched from Somesville to Southwest Harbor, by way of Beech Hill. Everyone cleared land and planted fruit trees and grew vegetables. They hunted."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"… source states that in 1887, a course of study way started at the North Village and John S. Williams was hired as principal."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to others on a sidewalk in the center of town. But some also cite the largess of the summer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… olden days I think he had a hard time living the way they did. These are my feelings about Thomas S. Libby."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"That is why I am happy the war happened the way it did. Lauren White "Compare this topic to another topic or situation" In war you have to go away to…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry. When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… must have had a special passion for Isaac, the way she wrote his name so many times into her Methodist hymnals."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… knowledge of etiquette and propriety continued as ways to assure a good reputation as well as entry into "high" or "higher" society."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Arthur and Mary Frances Gould had two sons, Arthur and Louis, and two daughters, Mildred and Marie. Sources: Graves, Richard A. III."

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

"… North Yarmouth There Were Two Villages Along the two country roads that passed through North Yarmouth, two village centers eventually developed."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"The American school system stayed this way until the fifties, when the Soviet Union launched the first spacecraft."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… not have this kind of communication are, in some ways, kind of in trouble. Everyone needs to be able to communicate with others."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy Basketball were written, barely 20 years after the game was invented, and long…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… said we're not harvesting enough fox furs and the way we’re killing the foxes is too expensive so we’re going to have to leave the farm.” “But why…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… went to sea at 18 years of age and worked his way up to commanding clipper ships carrying gold prospectors from New York to California, cotton from…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Braeburn hotel, the Turner house, either way, the lots have housed people for just under one hundred years."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"This beautiful building was razed in 2000 to make way for the Rite Aid store which currently stands at this location."

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

"… steady stream of settlers continued to make their way to the island. In 1834, Swan’s Island was organized as a plantation, and in 1847 John Dodge…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Chisholm to Rumford, thus supplying a way for the much needed construction materials and manufacturing equipment and, in time, the means of getting…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard pattern."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard pattern."