Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… advantage of lumber shortages in much of the east coast and beyond -- and of what must have seemed like endless timber resources in Penobscot and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard), commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"“Conditions were critical along the coast for many months. The failure of the American expedition to the Penobscot in 1779 was a costly one."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Being an inhabited island off the coast of Maine, a lighthouse somewhere on the island is to be expected."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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