Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Lumberman, Patten, c.1900Patten Lumbermen's Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… differences throughout the past century, this coastal town's diligent, diverse, and talented residents had developed a strong communal pride and a…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… away” were discovering the rustic delights of coastal Maine towns such as Surry. Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"They joined grant recipients from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… Historical Society Welcome to the Hancock County coastal community of Surry. As the postcard says, you're in for a good time."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials that has…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Playhouse to the summer theater-going public of coastal Hancock County. Just months before the start of the Great Depression, a group of actors…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village. A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and…"

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

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never have been were it not for its connection to the sea. <- Prev."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… the life of itinerants, moving from village to village in coastal and rual areas of the state. Such was the case of Almond W."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… farms produced crops that were sold in the village and village merchants sold goods to the rural farmers."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… were launched and, subsequently, navigated to coastal and worldwide destinations. It was the only highway to Thomaston before roads were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Other coastal communities like Bar Harbor and Camden show similar signs of great education systems. Blue Hill village was centered mostly around the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… has a long and rich history, as one of the last coastal areas to be settled, in the mid 1760s. Although it is understood the first settlers…"

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

"… the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland settlement of Walnut Hill in present-day North…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… an important role in the character of the small coastal community. Many locals can attest to the fact that the island would be a very different…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Coastal ships carried this cache to eastern coastal cities for distribution across America. Bangor's river location defined its character; the lumber…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… most were two-masted brigs and schooners for the coastal trade. Captain Candage, one of 52 Blue Hill ship captains of the era, went to sea at 18…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… was one of the two mainstays of the economy of coastal Downeast Maine. From the 1880s to the end of the 20th century, Lubec and Eastport were the…"