Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… effort to render that motto as more than wishful thinking. Our team consists of a wide variety of stakeholders from the twelve towns that comprise…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… "journal," John Martin noted that he had been thinking about the project for several years. He saw it as a two-part record."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Terkel, Studs, Race: How Black & Whites Think & Feel About the American Obsession, 1992, The New Press, New York."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… and they carried nearly everything on could think of. Flour was sold by the barrel, and molasses came from a big hogshead kept in the back room."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Flood of 87 was one of the worst floods that I think ever happened in the State of Maine. There were people who couldn’t even leave their own…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… a group of “Young Americans”, who seem to think the occasion to “run riot over the Common, yelling lustily”. “This must not occur again”."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… far as temporal comforts are concerned, I should think they might be very happy, but sincerely hope they will not receive all their “good things in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… as many local shepherds as there used to be (just think of all those "sheep islands" up and down the coast)."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"I think about people that can’t afford internet access and like to read the Lincoln News. What would they do? They might have to not read it at all…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"I think that it is cool to have a grandfather that was a pastor here in Lincoln. Even though I am not religious it is cool to know that some of my…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… make it home okay and let the time go without thinking about it too much. I’m sure the soldiers and their families during World War I felt the same…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… seems to me like a dream or a fairy tale, when I think of myself as a small boy moving along among so many busy people, all actively engaged in the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"But despite the coach’s toughness, Kim Haggan thinks that he was terrific. She also remembers her team being very close, providing great teamwork."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"I think this was true because people didn't have computers or televisions at home to entertain them. They read books and magazines instead."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"I think we can mutually agree that we are better off with hospitals. If we didn’t have hospitals, we would just all stay home and sit down on a floor…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… that his partner in the butcher business did not think he would recover and took off with all of the cash and disposable assets of the business."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… from New Portland Historical Society Many people think that North New Portland is the town, as it is listed on many maps, but it is one of the thee…"

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

"… a long time that I was underwater and I remember thinking this might be my time,“ said Chandler. But he surfaced under the trestle seconds later."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"He thinks it was really Bion Pike, Robert Peacock and others in the area. The ink was barely dry on the non-compete agreements they had signed with…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the effort to build roads was ongoing, he did not think it was enough and stated “nothing is wanting but greater facilities for getting them…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… the name for the town, Rev Noble replied "Bangor" thinking he had been asked about the name of the tune he hummed."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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