Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… through the years, escalating during the French and Indian War of the 1750s, when many European settlers were captured, killed, or had their homes…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… bias of US and British officials, both French-speakers in the Madawaska region and Wabanaki individuals, Tribes, and Nations, continue to suffer…"

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

"… clarets, sauternes, Champagnes, Ports, and French liqueurs. Casco Engine Co. No. 1, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society Casco Fire…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"The French Island of St. Pierre & Miquellon became a major entreport for Canadian and American rum runners."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The French too were interested in lands of this area, but were largely content to trade and in some cases convert the native peoples to Catholicism."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Indians forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to Maine and other New England communities 1775…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"There, he encountered French traders and Native Americans and promptly chased them off. His company then sailed to the larger island of Islesboro…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… of these pioneers had seen hard service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, had been inured to hardship, toil, and poverty, and fully…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"French, Hugh T., “Smokehouse: Last of a Breed”, Salt, No. 28, October, 1986. Gilman, John, Canned: A History of the Sardine Industry, Part I, John…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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