Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Killelea recalled the heating conditions at Black Point School in the 1930s. She said, “Each year the lavatory and drinking fountain at the front…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… dates of working there are unknown, but at some point he created a stunning annotated painting of the operations and the people, as it appeared on…"

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

"… and "shiftless,’" Rob Sanford says the artifacts point to an industrious, hard-working community living on the economic edge."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… and varying between three miles at its widest point and a few yards at the Narrows, depending on the tide."

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

"… of five different schools located there at some point. Three of these schools do not appear to have any documentation, only pictures."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… who used to work at McCurdy’s, made an important point in 2001: Each person working in the Shed did everything: skinning, gutting, boxing and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Miss Pine Point, Scarborough, 1938Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Various types of boats have been used by lobstermen through the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"He was appointed to West Point and graduated in 1869 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US 7th Cavalry Regiment."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… measured 4 feet 10 1/2 inches tall at the highest point of his shoulders, and weighed 134 pounds. By this time the curvature of his spine was so…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… championship, beating Bar Harbor High by two points in the playoffs along the way. Because they lost so many key players to graduation, 1958 was…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"At this point, a couple of other Loring family members owned Skyline Farm. By 1870, Jeremiah’s son Charles Richmond (C.R.) Loring, who lived in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… project was running extremely smoothly by this point. He had installed all the modifications that needed to be done to get the operation going and…"

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

"… first half of the 20th Century and reached a low point of 1270 in 1960. Summer residents were one of the biggest employers in town in the early…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the present town of Madison and it is here at Old Point that the unfortunate event occurred in August of the year 1724."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… newcomer William King, who built a home on Shaw’s Point and later the Bath Bank building, the first brick structure on the Point, on the southwest…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… south to serve in the US military at some point during the war. Fred Titcomb's horses, load of hay, Falmouth Corner, early 1900sNorth Yarmouth…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection still acts as the point of parting; to the east lies Woolwich, to the south Phippsburg, to the west, West Bath and Brunswick, and…"

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

"… for the first time from Bangor to Portland, and points south. On November 1, 1856 the Waterville to Bangor line was leased to and operated by the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… built in 1937 and enlarged in 1950 at a focal point in West Peru. This school held up to 244 students in grades K-8, with high school students…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… grade reaching 48 feet above high tide at the point of greatest elevation. Achieving the ramps to this grade required much fill."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… can still be seen from many subtle vantage points. Whether viewing the sap lines of Mosher Hill in the early springtime or the tall stalks of corn…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… all other students still had to pay tuition, a point on which the academy heads were resolute. If a student did not pay his or her tuition…"