Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"Pierre & Miquellon became a major entreport for Canadian and American rum runners. "After the last box [alleged to be bootlegged alcohol] had been…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… for ten years, first gaining popularity with Canadian audiences through CBC broadcasts and in 1953 working as regulars on the WWVA Wheeling…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… me a Master Artist in traditional French Canadian dance, providing the chance to pass the French dance traditions down to numerous younger…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… Biddeford during the 1860s, thousands of French Canadian, Irish, and some west European immigrants migrated to Biddeford and Saco to work in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… in no small part due to the many talented French-Canadians who had moved here. One of the most famous musicians of this time was Pierre Painchaud…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Due to the influx of French-Canadians and the animosity between the French and Irish Catholics, a separate church--St."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"… financially advantageous factors, heavy Irish and Canadian immigration occurred. The 1830 and 1860 Biddeford census show a rise from 1,995…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians, plus the successful manufacturing at the many mills, combined to foster a lively…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and worked on the Libby farm."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… first textile mills and the first French-Canadian immigrant. In 1855 this growth manifested itself in Biddeford's transition from town to city…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."