Maine Memory Network

"Many and One" shirt, Lewiston, 2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2004-01-10 Location: Lewiston Media: Cotton

Indian loyalty oath, 1684

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1684 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?

Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”

The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… had been dramatically disrupted when loyalist refugees, including commission officials like Pagan, established the town of St."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Algonquin speaking refugees from English areas of southern New England fled northward and enlarged villages on the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers."