Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Ransom E. Gilkey providing “rare qualities of patience, tact, vision, and judgment that cemented the union and started it on a firm basis.” In 1917…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… sea freely offered their lives in defense of the union that they might transmit to posterity the priceless inheritance received from their fathers."

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

"… Woman’s Club, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the Maine Temperance Union, and the Christian Civic League were all pro-Temperance…"

Caribou Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… the Republican, was a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans. The youngest would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… In 1934, organizers attempted to establish a union at the mill. Tensions ran high on both sides of the issue and finally, the National Guard was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the war's end capture the excitement of the Union victory, the actions of Union supporters to make Confederate supporters fly the Stars and…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… debt, several new businesses including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Weatherbee attended law school at Union University at Albany, N.Y.; he graduated in 1875. After his law degree, he built his hardware and tin shop in…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"And enters the union as 23rd state on March 15. • Road to East Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"It went up Union Street, past Merrill & Hinckley’s store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution, 1861-1865.” Charles made the statue in…"

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

"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."

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

"… he built a house for himself on the corner of Union and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life work: “Have…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Surry paid a town bounty of $22,948 to the Union cause. Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… call for a volunteer army from every state in the Union. The Civil War had begun. Maine responded vigorously by supplying the U.S."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Maine Central Union Station, Bangor, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Freight Yards, Bangor, ca."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"As soon as we took possession, the blacks were set to work on the street, which was in a bad condition."

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

"… shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union Army.(6) Scarboro Beach Railroad Station, 1909Scarborough Historical Society & Museum…"

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

"… grocery store outlet, plumbing shop, Western Union, and at the end of the street the widely acclaimed Peg's Gift Shop, operated by the much loved…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1880Farmington Historical Society Union School in Farmington Falls Farmington combined efforts with Chesterville and formed a Union School."