Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In 1904, Mr. Plumly gained his first regular operator, Miss Edith Trott. In January 1906 a new switchboard was installed by the New England Telephone…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… and Eddy Cemeteries require a four-wheeler ATV to gain access, during the summer of 2012, an Eagle Scout project refurbished the Science Hill…"

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

"… new homes, better roads, and increased travel—made Swan’s Island a profitable enough location to gain a steamboat connection. Next page"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… his twenty-eight-year practice, Frederick Tompson gained a reputation as a skilled designer of houses, schools, churches, public buildings, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… turned out; but then the Society started to gain new members. As membership grew, LHS moved to Ballard Hill School to conduct meetings and to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… Public Library Biddeford had rapidly gained the services and utilities that made it a true urban area: city water (1885), electric lights (1886)…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"Many actors gained the performance experience they needed in this setting and went on to successful careers on Broadway and in Hollywood."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Farmington Cemeteries Farmington Early Schools Farmington Cultural Interest Sites Farmington Mill Sites Titcomb Family Sites Farmington Agricultural…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… six campaigns: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill before the next surviving letter."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… and Temperance Back to: 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders X Carrie Nation hatchet badge Ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… the Thirst Back to: 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders Don't drink the vanilla, Lumber camp, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land on which he built a grist mill and saw mill, plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the settlement of Fairbanks…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… and the Almouchiquois of southwest Maine to gain control of the French and English fur trade. Innu (Montagnais) hunters from north of the St."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"One half of the town’s population is motivated to gain wealth and knowledge, and the other half, the more local population, is not as…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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