Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Stockholm officially became a Town in 1911. The Rail Roads Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Grammar school, North Lubec, ca. 1911 A North Lubec class photo, Myron in front row, third from left."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… as 1903.(2) The first recorded formal race was 1911 and the last, 1913. One might assume that some Scarborough residents participated."

Bangor Public Library

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"From 1905 to 1911, Maine created a Liquor Enforcement Commission with deputies empowered to arrest transgressing citizens."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Co., Augusta, Maine, 1911. A History of the Town of Peru, Maine, by Mary S. Vaughn, 1971. Maine Place Names and the Peopling of Its Towns, by Ava…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

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

"By the next edition, in 1911, no canneries had can making departments. The space was then generally labeled “Storage.” This must have meant…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"A Sailing Master’s Journal. 1911 (reprinted 2003). Candage, R.G.F. Historical Address, 1886 (reprinted 2006). Candage, R.G.F."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"She died in Tuckahoe, N.Y. on August 7, 1911. Dorothy McKeen Jennings Dorothy Jennings was the wife to Hervey Jennings who was a state…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… of the Town of Peru, Maine, by Hollis Turner, 1911. A Brief Historical Sketch of the Life and Sufferings of Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"It was built in 1911, with additions being made in 1915, 1917 and 1931. Due to the rising population, a new high school was erected on Hancock Street…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Burden Collection Mrs. Nation (1846-1911), was known for attacking saloons with her hatchet and made at least one visit to Bangor."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… was still called Upsala for a while, but in 1911 the name Stockholm was the town’s final name. The First Store General store, Stockholm, ca."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… Soon after the State of Maine purchased Malaga in 1911, they committed eight islanders to the Maine School for the Feeble Minded."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… drawn cans 1910 • Census results – 3,363 1911 • Lubec Centennial Celebration held on July 4 -- Visit the Centennial Exhibit 1916 • Eagle Theater…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"In 1911, an additional 11.3 miles were laid to reach New Sweden. With the approval of 7.13 miles on June 29, 1912, the city of Caribou was joined…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1911, an additional 11.3 miles were laid to reach New Sweden. With the approval of 7.13 miles on June 29, 1912, the city of Caribou was joined…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library A stiff southerly breeze blew on that warm Sunday afternoon April 30, 1911 that caused…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In 1911, the MCRR track that went through Walnut Hill Village was rerouted to here, thus avoiding an uphill grade."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"In 1890 he applied for a pension and in 1911 his widow applied for hers as well. Henry H. Smith was born in November 1838."