Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… committee, a police force, fire department, highway department, water district, sewer district, highway department, and librarian."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"It was the only highway to Thomaston before roads were established along Maine’s coastline. Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… to the mill and the river was one of the main highways, the railroad being the other. River drives continued into the 1950’s and were not without…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Maine Highway Commission engineers arrived in late 1960, setting up offices in the old John Trenholm barber shop on the left side of Washington…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the town of Lincoln, inundating stretches of the highway running to Enfield, washed out many acres of crops and caused widespread damage to private…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… plans to extend utility infrastructure down the highways into Asticou. When the telephone company wanted to buy a corner of his personal property…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"King's Highway MarkerCumberland Historical Society English Settlers Arrive In the mid-1630s William Royall moved to the Casco Bay region from Salem…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Around the same time, the development of a modern highway system brought significant change to the little town of Surry."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… increased after WWI, Bath experienced a number of highway modifications that would have long-term effects on the character of the downtown."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… settled in the Township, beside the first public highway, to commemorate the first schoolhouse and townhouse erected in the township." Peru…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… “ … sometime in the not remote past, served as a highway for the Abenakis.” (The Sandy River & Its Valley, Vincent York) Although the early Indian…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… unobstructed river afforded lumbermen a natural highway to national and even international markets."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The highway to these grounds will unquestionably be used by not only the citizens of this corporation but by the town and county, and the business…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… forest growth, when the river was the only highway and the spotted line the only guide through the wilderness."

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