Maine Memory Network

Manuscript map of Topsham Lots, 1763

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1763 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Plan of the Kennebec River describing the Plymouth patent, ca. 1719

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1719 Media: Ink on paper

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… hauled a heavy surfboat more than nine miles over muddy roads to the eastern side of Prouts Neck. Three men rowed out to the Thomas and were able…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The dirt lanes and roads were still muddy or impassible much of the year. It would be decades before paved highways were completed."