Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907

"Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in…"

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

"… them on the shore between the Neck in South Blue Hill and Morgan Bay in East Blue Hill. The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts…"

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

"Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900Blue Hill Historical Society According to the Maine Register of 1850, there were 13 shipbuilders in Blue…"

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

"1900Blue Hill Historical Society A Tight-Knit Community. For most of the 20th Century, the town's summer colony helped make Blue Hill a busy place…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… to run East North East Eight Miles, then South South East to the Ocean and then West South West Eight miles and then to the first Bounds mentioned…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… the Indian Camping Ground" which may have been south of Parker Point near what was referred to as Indian Point or possibly somewhere else nearby in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Oak Hill station was built near the bottom of Oak Hill where 44-46 Black Point Road is today. During the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"In the heyday of the trolley, one could travel south as far as Philadelphia or north to Bangor and beyond using connecting lines."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… passengers, were located at Sweetsers, just south of the Nonesuch River; Oak Hill; Scottow, just before the marsh; Southgate, on the Portland end…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Schooling School House, South Surry, 1900Surry Historical Society In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… The site he chose for his ideal house was 9 miles south of Bangor on the east side of the Penobscot River in an area known as Ball Hill."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the area now known as Pond Road near Norton Hill Road Dist.# 8 - Taylor Hill was the location of another rural school for a time."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed forty…"

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

"… the war six years later as a lieutenant in the South leading African-American troops. Olin is honored to this day by having his name listed on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Turk (Mount Turk and Broad), Whaleback, Durham Hill, Hedgehog Hill, Pleasant, and Record are a few."

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner South on Water Street between the business section and Loudon Hill is a part of the city known as Joppy or Joppa."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"A dam, south of the County Road (Main Street) created a millpond, which backed up under the bridge and to the north, upon which several mills and a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… with other family members up the hill to Forest Hill Cemetery, Northeast Harbor Maine – Savages seem to be always on the move, dead or alive…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"A new Walnut Hill Village grew at this intersection and became a very good place to site businesses."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"South Rumford had the Thurston’s or “winter" School on the shore of the Androscoggin River near the Aaron Graham/Bartlett/Welch farm, which the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… included, until 1848, the towns of Rockland and South Thomaston. It is believed by many that the name of Thomaston was selected in honor of Major…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"As you head south out of Farmington, past the transfer station, on the right at the crest of the hill is what used to be known as Junior Turner’s…"