Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Event Records Streets of Laredo/Foggy, Foggy Dew, Westbrook, 1956Maine Historical Society Musician and television repair man, Al Hawkes…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to George Stover's new Blue Hill Inn on what is now South Street."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… shipyard owners included the Holts, the Dodges, George Stevens, and the Hinckleys. The shipyard owners owned the places where the ships were built…"

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

"George and Karen Frangoulis started a new publication, Farmstead Magazine, whose mission was to support Mainers who wanted to grow their own food and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"In 1878 George Fuller renamed the Iron works “George Fuller and Sons” while he worked with his sons."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street. There were oxen-pulling contests, agricultural exhibits, and local…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"… Georges Hotel was built in 1852 on the corner of George's and West Main Street, and was modified in the late 19th century with a change in the…"

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

"… houses that grace the shaded village streets of Blue Hill today were built in the early nineteenth century with profits made from shipbuilding and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"… storey house on a hill overlooking the George's River. He built wharves on the river and had a very successful shipping business for several years…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Edward O'Brien House

"… Maine 1855Thomaston Historical Society In 1845 George Robinson sold the house at 313 Main Street to the Honorable Edward O’Brien, who became the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 22-71

"… racing Dramatic Club of Brownville John French George Knowles John Pomlow Electric street railroad, Bangor Col. John Black Dr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George River-- possibly after King George of his native England. Up until the early 20th century, the river played an important role in Maine’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"Ship Samuel Watts, Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 1870Thomaston Historical Society D&E also competed in the shipbuilding business. Thomas W."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… Early Shipbuilders - 1780s Map of the Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society By the time Thomaston was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Knox’s Wharf (successively known as Vose’s, Knox’s, Boynton’s, Foster’s, Green’s, O’Brien’s, and Dunn and Elliot’s Wharf) on Wadsworth Street had…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… Pendleton & Ross Eliab Metcalf Daniel Chaplin George W. Merrill Thomas H. Shaw Hatch House Tavern Norumbega Hall Isaac W. Patten Edwin Patten"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Referred to as Ft. George (the area later known as Fort Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… of Wadsworth and Main Streets, in which the new George's National Bank and Georges Insurance Offices were installed."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Great timbers were transported back to England for use as masts in the King’s ships. Captain George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"It was created by George Robinson and backed by Justin E. Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G. Dole, C.D. Bachelder and Captain Lawson Watts."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… meeting at the Royall Exchange Tavern on King Street in Boston. X While claiming ownership to hundreds of thousands of acres in Maine, most of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… contributed by Mexico Historical Society When George Ridlon arrived in 1894 and realized the economic possibilities of the Oxford Paper Company…"