Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"No escapes were made. The State of Maine, No. 3, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society A new stone building was erected in 1851."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… possibly used to help run-away slaves hide and escape from those trying to capture them so they could then make their way to Canada."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… four sons and one daughter may have found some escape and respite from the close confines of the Old Ell by playing and sleeping in the loft of the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"… LEFT MY ROOM WHERE I WAS WORKING AND I HAD JUST ESCAPED INJURY. I RAN OUT INTO THE STEET IN HALLOWELL, AND AS I REMEBER, IT WAS AN ONE WAY STREET."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… long, in the neighborhood of which we just escaped being lost on a little rock on a level with the water, which made an opening in our barque near…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… cottage with her aunt inside it before he escaped to his own cottage with the victim. He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Nothing escapes Joe’s keen eyes. His power of sight, especially the knack of finding things, is nothing short of marvelous.” Canoeing at Bar…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… from these cities -- were seeking an escape to unspoiled nature from their rapidly developing urban surroundings."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… was a welcoming and nurturing place of fun and escape for two generations of Savage family children and their friends who had the privilege of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"The Old City Hall narrowly escaped destruction in the fire of 1894 which destroyed all of that block of Centre Street east to Front Street."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"No community in Maine escaped the onslaught of the wars of the United States. Lapham states in War of the Rebellion: The Civil War of 1861-1865, that…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"In the attack, Arnold was wounded but escaped, and almost the entire army was either killed or taken hostage."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"The purpose of this railroad escapes reason – perhaps it was just for fun. A. H. Abbott finished the “mountain” of sand that Jacob had started on the…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… in town, headed south to North Carolina to escape the tax burden. Still, hope was not lost. Instead of listening to the usual economic indicators…"

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