Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… had little impact on the closed-door politics in Washington in 1820. Despite an initial pushback by leading abolitionists and organizers in Maine…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… as a free state in 1820, allowing politicians in Washington to delay a growing sectional crisis over the future of slavery."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. With the departure of Harry Wilkinson in 1899, the firm became known as Coombs and Gibbs…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. He maintained his connection to the Rickers, who acquired the Bay Point Hotel in Rockland…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Presque Isle Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1958Presque Isle Historical Society As seen with the Washington Monument in the background."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties. The sheepdog trials are still a major attraction known throughout the U.S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Walsh McLean (whose husband was the heir to the Washington Post), Edsel Ford, or various members of the Rockefeller family."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… had been primarily engaged in the defense of Washington, D.C. They were encamped overlooking the Potomac and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The soldiers were trained for only one day in Washington D.C., so they were fairly unprepared. Eventually, they were stationed in St."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X James Washington "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?" The Gateway Motors building…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… on train tracks to trade with Aroostook and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… Social Studies class can be viewed below: Julian Washington "Research your topic and summarize the ‘who, what, when, and where’ in the form of a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In 1864 he sold his store and went to Washington, D. C., where he served in Ordnance Department until the close of the war."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… four members of the Order from England instituted Washington Lodge No. 1. With this, the Odd Fellows were spreading their organization across the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… in Baltimore, and Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., for Psychiatric and Pediatric Nursing respectively."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"Joseph’s College, Catholic University in Washington D.C., and earned both a B.S. and M.S. in nursing at Boston College."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"Maine commissioners to the negotiations in Washington, DC, especially William Pitt Preble, who had been a significant figure in the process since…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… fraternal order, established in 1864 in Washington, DC. Centennial, Knights of Pythias Hall, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Behind the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… of New Hampshire and appointed by President Washington as the first officer of the Revenue Cutter Service, came to remote Eastport and Lubec during…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… on the front porch are Douglas fir, imported from Washington State and Oregon. Some of the people who owned the bed and breakfast after the…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… National Park for the Performing Arts outside of Washington, DC, gave the company its first official tour."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"The Cohen Group is a business in Washington, D. C. that helps American businesses in foreign markets."

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

"… a farmers’ organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. and through it, Grange chapters sprang up throughout the country."

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

"Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning. The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove…"