Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now known as Somesville. Richardson built his home further down the shore near what is now called…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"… initial trestlework extending from the Lubec shore at low tide, the water reflecting the calm before tide reversal."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… was started when the first human foot hit island shores. From Native American shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… has changed since people first set foot on the shores of Swan's Island, but there is a community spirit that survives, as constant as the tides."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec River waters have taken over the shore lines and even some houses have been considered ruins in what is now left of the shores of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Timbers could be laid down on the shores for ships and then easily launched upon completion. The first records of ships being built are in 1787 when…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"there were many shipbuilding spots on the shore of Kennebec River in Hallowell. Then in the 1900s, oil was brought to the waterfront in tanks."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"… its capture, he was wounded while storming the shore battery near the town. He returned to the Naval Academy in January 1848 and graduated as a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… sheep on Long Island a the time of the Civil War; and fishing as there were dozens of weirs (pronounced locally as 'wares') around the shore."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… 100 years, massive log drives covered the river shore to shore, shooting downstream during the spring’s highest water periods."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… his wife and one little child, landed upon the shore of the Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"It was located on the shore of Burnt Coat Harbor in Minturn. Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… Society Seaside Hall's location on the shore proved to be problematic with time. The tide gradually eroded the land underneath the building, and…"

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

"… its situation, its sparkling bay, its inlets, its shores, its landscapes of hill, dale and plain…” The same qualities began to bring summer…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… boats like this one which brought the liquor to shore. Building such craft for bootleggers brought a brisk business to Downeast boatyards."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Shipyards were established on the sloping shores conveniently adjacent to the sawmills. Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… Manchester Point at the mouth and Southeastern shore of Somes Sound and obtained title to their property directly from Bartholomy DeGregoire and…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M. Burhoe, Ridge School teacher...” Miriam Kelley & Wyman Ramsdell X Miriam…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… still stood on the hill overlooking the shore, and the waterfront property provided valuable income through leasing before reluctantly being sold…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… from long ago ancestors on England's eastern shore. Blue Hill's settlers were at the forefront of a land rush in the 1760s along the coast between…"

Baldwin Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… Dart was launched from the Cape Elizabeth shore of Portland harbor. The log entry of August 31, 1812 records her most famous capture, the brig…"