Maine Memory Network

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"This addition, completed in Fall 2012, increased the square footage of living space from 850 square feet to 2,100 square feet."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Every couple of minutes a new wall would fall and scatter the firefighters. The granite wall, (part of the Granite Block) was there, although it was…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Surry's Old Town Hall, built around 1828, (and later moved to its present site on the Surry Road) houses its collections, including a detailed…"

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

"(Surry tax records, 1878). In the old barn there were nameplates marking the inhabitants of the old stalls: Bessy, MaryAnne, Bossy."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he observed the last ship, the Joshua Grindle, launched there on July 4 with a…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… the most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned at the site of the present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on Route 172. Playhouse, Surry, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… woods at the former mill location alongside the old mill wells. Around 1970, Hollis's grandson, Wilbur A."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… of Maine officials and housed in Nowick’s old cow barn converted for the special guests. Surry Opera Company & Leningrad Amateur Opera…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"X The History Detectives club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1831, Chase married twice and died in 1892. He invented a unique method of refrigerating butter, and was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… 3-5 grade class visited Baird's Quarry in the fall of 2011 as part of the Swan's Island studies unit."

Lisbon Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… the next big stretch of water, from Norridgewock Falls to Caratunk Falls, was very peaceful and full of food, the best stretch of water on the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"We do know from the old records that by 1794 at least 45 people had died in Blue Hill, including a few of the early settlers such as Ebenezer…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"High School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… short prom dress and matching stole could fall into the category of garments based on a Dior design, and made under license in the United States…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… city until it is split by a number of islands and falls, after which it spreads out and winds its way to the sea."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… fares from Old Town to Winn, Old Town to Lincoln, Old Town to Howland, Old Town to Passadumkeag, Old Town Greenbush, and Old Town to Sunkhaze all…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Rumford Falls Times, August, 4, 1923 Rumford Falls Times, July 20, 1988 Poem by John McInnis Rumford Falls Times, November 29, 1929 Lewiston Sun…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… were the Rumford Falls Paper Company, Rumford Falls Power Company, and the Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… as Squando led a group of warriors against the falls area garrison of Major Phillips. Squando had been turned against the settlers at the death of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… from the row, leaving the potatoes (and rocks) to fall off the end. Occasionally, a rock would embed between the lags while the digger is working…"