Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… you keep something long enough, eventually you will find use for it”. Perhaps to a mariner such as A.C."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… often included the following quote: I will pass this way but once! If therefore there is any Good which I may do any Happiness I may give or…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… just plain fascinating, as well as knowledge that will help me with library patrons." -Sally Leahey, Assistant Director Sam, Sydnie & Brooke…"

Belfast Historical Society

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlonville was a good place to live and raise children. Children were safe to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"At the far left is seen the tower of the Free Will Baptist Church on Casco Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… the program was really going, they got pretty good, so good that in 1983 they won the Eastern Maine Championship, and went onto the state game…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… she told the Ellsworth American that, "nothing will ever top the Surry Playhouse for having good fun...We were all from New York, and we all…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… ago, and many worry what changes the future will bring. However, if anything is apparent from the island’s history, it is the fact that Swan’s…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… from Falmouth to Aquin Creek and expect it will take us 3 weeks longer – if I have space I will discribe the process when I get done with news."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"It was started in 1896 when Will Pinkham owned it. At this time, it was a shoe store and barber shop. When Mr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… to the Winter plans and as I did not see you I will write you in regards to some of the matters that most require attention on your part."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"It has been there for many years. It will continue to bring knowledge to our town of Guilford. The Bank was a great thing for Guilford, but now has…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… success in their undertaking and hope that they will take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With…"

Abbe Museum

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1826) "What will you do for a cow? If Charles cannot provide a milk cow you must buy one, for the family cannot do without." -…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"“To the descendants,” he declared, “I will tell you as a governor, I will say, we apologize for this hardship we have caused you."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"If things are going well elsewhere, New Portland will see the impact, and if things are going poorly, the town will feel those effects as well."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… is also a quotation at the bottom: “The world will little note what we say, but it can never forget what they did.” This is a quote from President…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"This week, I will become an official member of the church. I’m excited to do this, because I will finally be a real member."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Just today, I heard that there will be new guests that I haven’t even heard of. I am so excited, I just can’t go to sleep."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… Adherents and Leaders X Going Where it Will Do the Most Good The Maine Democrat , Waterville, October 22, 1909 W.G."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… last fox farm to close in Lincoln was owned by Will Brown. It closed in 1947, five years before fox farms became illegal in 1952."