Maine Memory Network

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

"I was able to scan roughly two hundred documents and old photographs referring to Malaga and it's people."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… on the Second Tuesday of September to receive any communications which may be offered by the said settlers. HKnox. Boston, August 1798.”"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Railroad soon followed. About this same time, the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company launched weekly trips to coastal stops and then went on to…"

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

"Bunting was borrowed from Boston, and British flags from Canada. Citizens and businesses were encouraged to decorate windows, and the paper carried a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Soon a second kiln was added to meet the demands of trade and lumber was added as cargo. Encouraged by this profitable business, Waldo gathered…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where the raw…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The real problem was getting the crops to market because the roads were seasonal and in very rough shape. In mud season it was particularly difficult."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… it, all nationally-known acts contracted through Boston and New York agencies that included singing and dancing comedians, musical comedies…"

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"Another found the military kit, family records, and correspondence of Alexander Crawford, a farmer from Skowhegan who had fought in the Civil War."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… as a correspondent for the Transcript and for the Boston Evening Gazette. From Rome she also sent stories to the Saturday Evening Post of…"

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

"The business ran from 1927-1959, operated successively by Fred Morrill and Arthur Dunn. The greenhouses were later sold and moved to Allen Farms in…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"A Civic Improvement Committee worked with a Boston consultant to make recommendations to rebuild and improve the city."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"tobacco By Philadelphia iron By truckage to Boston By a Paper of Pins By 1/2 bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… managing a clothing store for a time in Boston. In 1869 he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea captain Levi Marston."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"At the time of purchase, the mill was equipped with a rotary, planer, lath, clapboard, and two shingle machines."

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

"He married Elizabeth Winslow of Farmington in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850, and worked as a brick mason in Saco, Bowdoinham, and Freeman."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The Abenakis went back to Canada after that but returned years later. However, the village was never the same, and eventually they all went to other…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… My father was fortunate, he ran restaurants in Boston, of course running a restaurant he had access to food, and he would exchange meals not for…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Father Rasle was shot dead and his scalp taken to Boston for display. Thirty natives died that day and half that many were wounded."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"and M.S. in nursing at Boston College. Sister Mary Consuela was Director of Nursing at Mercy from 1952 until 1974, and named Acting Director of the…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"His insurance providers would not pay for the experimental treatment he needed, and his family underwent severe hardship securing care."