Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… community events such as Christmas caroling, food drives, and theatrical events. Many volunteers and an active parent-teacher group support the…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… a mix as they were at the beginning, some members driving over two hours each way to participate in this unique experience."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Islesboro Central School PO Box 118 159 Alumni Drive 734.2251 www.islesboro-central.k12.me.us Alice L."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Bay freezing over and islanders walking or driving over the ice for necessities. This happened frequently in the 19th century, but only four…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… on the left, as the male figure in the foreground drives a snake from the yard. Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… and required a fourteen-mile coach or carriage drive over rough roads to get from the train depot in Ellsworth to Blue Hill."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The first known method for whaling is driving the whales into the shallow water by frightening them with loud noises."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… (present day Cranberry Lodge) along Peabody Drive across from the Asticou Inn. According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"

Acadian Archives

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

"… and Lubec adapted to the convenience of driving the few hundred yards across the tide-torn channel by which nature had separated peoples of common…"

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

"… at 363 Main Street, at the corner of Hillcrest Drive, dates to 1799. It was formerly a birthing house, where women came to deliver their babies."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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