Maine Memory Network

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thus balancing the number of…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection is now home to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

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."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Yarmouth made a substantial contribution to the Union effort, and suffered significant losses that were felt for years to come."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In 2009 SAD 21 joined with Regional School Union #10 with six more towns. The old West Peru School now houses a community center under the direction…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… delivered a speech to the Maine Chautauqua Union in Fryeburg, Maine on the resources and future of Aroostook County."

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

"The Union church is listed as the next church to organize in West New Portland about a year later. Two churches were also built in 1838; the Free…"

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

"The Canadian “Red Ensign” flag (with the UK “Union Jack” in the corner) flew, as the later red and white maple leaf flag was not used until 1965."

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

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

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… in 1861, over 200 men aged 18 to 40 entered the Union Army – one for every 12 inhabitants. On December 14, 1862, Albion K.P."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Perhaps Union was also. However, according to the evidence in Gilman, Lubec Sardine Co. was the major independent and competitor. (See pp. 73-74, 81)."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… a small airfield from two farms on outer Union Street. Bangor would not be left behind in the age of the aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… the Civil War era, her father served in the Union Army. While she was treating his injuries, she found her interest in the medical field."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in this period, including the Granite Block, the Union Block, the Bank Block and the Church Block, the latter having replaced the Universalist…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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