Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"At the commencement of the 19th century, the first settlers were limited in books, and it is surprising that so many grew up learning to read and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… but changes in the first decade of the 21st Century reflect the optimism of its residents. The Strong Elementary School was chosen as one of three…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in the 19th century, our two towns, though separate, were similar in many ways."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

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

"… Douglass, the famous abolitionist of the 19th century, and Ernestine Rose, a feminist and abolitionist who traveled around the world."

Westport Island History Committee

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"In the 19th century, other local products were manufactured including those made from steel and iron including cider mills, axes, scythes, and other…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… the mother of a famous Opera Diva into the late 19th century. The Titcomb Family Lydia Titcomb's Parchment This is dated 1819."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"This happened frequently in the 19th century, but only four incidents were recorded in the 20th century."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… voting rights long before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. At its height in 1907, Maine had 417 Granges with 55,212 members , the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… major social movements mark the first half of 19th century American history: suffrage, temperance, and abolition."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Throughout the 19th and the first half of the 20th Centuries the Maine Central acquired smaller lines, including the E & NA, to become the largest…"

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

"In the late 19th Century the leisure class made remote, rustic Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada fashionable."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… educational-cultural movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which traveled to the area from 1916-1932."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… could visit and learn about education in the 19th century. Frequently retired teachers played the part of the teacher – coming back to spend a day…"