Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… bunting, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Church and School Streets, on top of the hill which surmounts the village area of Lubec, was home to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… Blue Hill, and the Baptist and Congregational churches were the center of social life and the focus of community service."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Notice the Methodist Church in the background. Bank Square and Elm Street Businesses, Guilford, 1955Guilford Historical Society This is a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… a town of separate villages, each with its own church and school. Dunstan and Portland were connected by a road inland from the marsh that went up…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Schools, post offices and churches were established in whatever manner possible—run out of private homes before they had buildings of their own."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Paul's Church. In the 1830s, young college students, artists, and friends spent the wee hours singing in front of houses until they were paid to go…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… Hallowell taking as many pictures as I could of churches, and City Hall, and the Fire Station. I thought those would be fun to look back on."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built in Lubec • Brush weirs for the capture of herring came into wide use in Passamaquoddy…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the town, helped establish the first post office, church, schoolhouse and meeting hall, later entering local politics."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Unsurprisingly, the town and the church, (which at that time were virtually one unit) answered with a firm "no." For the school, it was the end of…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"We have a Presbyterian Church, a post office, a historical society and Ace Electric Company. The Lion's Hall is still here but not used very much."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… along with a healthy dose of schooling and church attendance. It was around her teenage years when she began her most important life chapter…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… about the establishment of new schools and churches, many of which continue to be active today."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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