Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

""Surry Opera Company Set to Travel to Soviet Union in Just Two Months." The Ellsworth American. Thursday, August 28, 1986."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In 2009 SAD 21 joined with Regional School Union #10 with six more towns. The old West Peru School now houses a community center under the direction…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… made up of Civil War veterans from the Union Army. This group had meetings for the members and picnics that included their families."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… told him about, or rather hinted about, a gin-mill in nearby Robinhood, "I must say, regarding the thirst, that it arose entirely from my ignorance…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land on which he built a grist mill and saw mill, plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the settlement of Fairbanks…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution, 1861-1865.” Charles made the statue in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… three organizations along with the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 11 of 17

"By October of 1862, more than half of all able-bodied men were in the armed services. By the end of the war, 924 men had served the Union."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the south side of the river at Oak Street in 1865…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1914), and the Rich Building (1892) and the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Building (1900-01), both on Exchange Street."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Border Dispute Originally, Surry extended to the Union River and north to Ellsworth Falls. On an early settler map of the area, this section was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… a local militia company, a local artillery company and a local cavalry company, led the funeral procession, followed by the General’s coffin, his…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Web. 1 Jan 2010. (N) Union (Saco, Me.) newspaper, 1851-1852. (C, S) Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.) newspaper, 1861-1864."

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

"… Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5, 1859, when Phebe was 17."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… to be allowed to settle between the Penobscot and Union Rivers. The petition met the King's approval, so on March 2, 1762 the petitioners were…"

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

"… he built a house for himself on the corner of Union and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life work: “Have…"

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

"In 1762 six townships west of the Union River and 6 townships east of the Union River were granted. The townships west were: #1 now Bucksport; #2 now…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The Clark family ran Clarks Mill. Warren Clark had the first automobile in New Portland around the 1900’s. Herbert W."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"And enters the union as 23rd state on March 15. • Road to East Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… debt, several new businesses including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… grocery store outlet, plumbing shop, Western Union, and at the end of the street the widely acclaimed Peg's Gift Shop, operated by the much loved…"