Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine State Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… center for primary, emergency, and acute care in Northern Penobscot County. The facility "provides dozens of services..."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… A keen observer walking almost anywhere in the woods of western Maine will notice remnants of the past: stone walls that once enclosed open fields…"

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

"… would build its customs office, just beyond the northern terminus of the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge. Franklin Roosevelt would be pleased."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern New York, which included the Rumford Falls Paper Company."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south along the length of Long Island glaciers left exposed a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… economic development and a commitment to preservation of the “Maine Woods experience” for future generations. Return to Online Exhibits"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater. It burned down again in 1946, and was reconstructed as…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Another era in education in northern Franklin County began. Next Page (Blue Ribbon School) Return to previous page Return to Online Exhibits"

Ambajejus Boom House

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The trees from northern Maine that were normally shipped down the Kennebec River were mainly pines. When they got shipped down the Kennebec, they…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"After crossing the river they followed the northern bank to what we now call Farmington Falls. Measuring Rock Located on Rt."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… the headwaters of the Saco in the Fryeburg area (northern Saco River) and the Sokoki or Saco who lived along and on the southern part of the Saco…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The Coburns purchased more than 400,000 acres of woodland cheaply from the state of Maine and by 1866 they employed more than 850 men to harvest 24…"

Acadian Archives

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Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Print. Thoreau, Henry David. The Maine Woods. New York: Bramhall House, 1950. Print. Vickery, James B. Made in Bangor."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould knew from his sales experience in Northern Maine that the area was in need of a bank, especially here in Presque Isle."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In 1878 the name was changed to Northern State Normal School. However, for the many years it existed here in Farmington, it was known as “The Normal…"