Maine Memory Network

Wharf and Crane at Fort Preble, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: circa 1860 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic print

Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1865-08-10 Location: Stockton Springs Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… drew a full-page illustration of Excursion Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"George (the area later known as Fort Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the site of the Lyman…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.