Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"On February 13, 1818, this small village became incorporated with the act passed by the legislature of the State of Massachusetts."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… period, the Maine Publicity Bureau and the Quoddy Village housing development in Eastport, were Federally financed through the New Deal."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Farmington Village Corporation, established in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean water system for the village; the system was developed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Various attempts at a high school in the village failed. The Misses May (Julia Harris May and Sara R May) filled in the gap when they established the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… in this city for Mayor Bragg, announcing that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from this city… the whole village was in…"

Acadian Archives

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… in her piece "On a Porch in a Maine Coast Village." Listen to "On the Porch of a Maine Coast Village" written and performed by Ruth Draper  Draper…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… and East Machias under construction 1817 • First village schoolhouse built and included meeting hall on second floor."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where Islesboro’s only lighthouse was built in 1850."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and a new one was erected at the edge of the village. Fluoride was added to the water, a new sanitary district was incorporated, and a tennis court…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… of the the island’s eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… David Rockefeller and his family in the small village of Seal Harbor. Before Donald worked for the Rockefellers, his ancestors' lives were affected…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… over the past 10,000 years have flooded older village sites, but a combination of archaeology on sites from the last 3,000 years, Wabanaki…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… fructify, to the great circle of readers of that village and the vicinity. Today the book lover can not only sense the history of the early Water…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"They made it to the Village of St. Mary, where they rested up and attacked Quebec December 31, 1775."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… so that by 1771 twelve families had settled in a village area they called Conduskeag. The potentials of the land attracted early settlers."

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

"After a series of fires in the village, Mr. Edwin Brooks offered to work with some summer residents and purchase fire fighting equipment if the town…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Society Aerial view of Guilford Village, ca. 1920Guilford Historical Society In the 1920’s many new businesses were established."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"By 1880 all Guilford Village school age children attended classes at the new Town Hall. Guilford Town Hall, ca."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… top of the hill about two miles east of Guilford Village and across from Guilford Industries yarn mill."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The original proprietors were residents of the village that would later become Cumberland, as well as of the Walnut Hill area."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… after the war, increasing the contact between the villages on the island. Swan’s Island cars were often patched-together machines that were…"