Maine Memory Network

Fort Kent State Teachers College campus, 1963

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: 1963 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

Madawaska Training School Model School students, Fort Kent, 1909

Contributed by: Blake Library Special Collections Date: 1909 Location: Fort Kent Media: Photographic print

School Building at Fort Fairfield, Fort Fairfield, 1900-1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1903 Location: Fort Fairfield Client: Town of Fort Fairfield Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

High School Building Fort Fairfield, Fort Fairfield, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Fort Fairfield Client: Town of Fort Fairfield Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan

Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… the founders constructed a meeting house at “the Fort,” a movement for the funding of the school was organized."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… drew a full-page illustration of Excursion Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Dr Michael Guignard: Passion for research & Franco-American root
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A personal journey of life in a Franco-American community with unique insights on adoption