Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association

"Protect and Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association From bucket brigades to modern pumpers, the Hallowell Fireman's Association record is a…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police Hallowell was incorporated as a Town on April 26, 1771 and from its beginning recognized the…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"… is part of APPLE, the Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment, a non-profit corporation formed to promote and protect…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Many felt that this unique place needed protection. There is a certain irony here, because in a way they were trying to protect the island both for…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 12 of 17

"… meaning they were called into service for the protection of public property within the State. By the end of 1861, Biddeford and Saco citizens were…"

Presque Isle Fire Department

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Western Maine Cultural Alliance

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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Stetson Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"His first duty was to protect the Passamaquoddy people and becoming allies with the colonists at the time protected most."

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

"Redfield in 1894, an impressive record for any protected area and one that has been revisited by scientists in the twenty-first century."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… wondrous natural resources – a treasure to be appreciated, protected, continually re-discovered and celebrated for this and future generations."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"… only made of leather which did not offer as much protection as today's standard helmets. Bangor Football Football Team, Bangor, 1940Bangor…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… thin fingers of land create a large, naturally protected pool. Saco River from old White's Wharf, Biddeford, 2010."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"This group is dedicated to the conservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of the Scarborough Marsh watershed."

Maine Forest Service

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The protection of these relationships to land and kin are evident in the ways that Wabanaki leaders sought…"

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

"… the settlers again felt safe to venture from the protection of the fort, at which time they relocated to the west side of Thomaston."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Explosives are needed to sink the Axis!" Protecting Our Community Block Warden ArmbandBangor Historical Society After the bombing of Pearl…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"OverseeingPrince Memorial Library Protections The Overseers of the Poor were required to supervise how the children bound out were treated, and to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… a Revolutionary War veteran, and his attempts at protecting the Sandy River; and Polin, in his attempts at protecting the Presumpscot River, both…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… and at sea, and still further to developing and protecting areas of land and natural resources within the neighborhood for public benefit through…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… into the Casco Bay, and sank in the harbor as protection of enemy subs. The Governor King was recruited during the Centennial of Statehood…"