Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… convention in 1819 and becoming the State’s first governor in 1820 (see King exhibit at www.mainememory.net.) Boom Times for the City of Ships…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… hotel was built by Captain John Patten, on Shaw's Point. According to the [pride of bath] article, the four story building, with 80 rooms, cost…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"The manager of the time at one point put a sign on the door giving the message that the theatre was closed because the piano was floating."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"When they were built, the main architectural points of this style were simplicity and symmetry. Front Street postcard, Bath, ca."

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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… of a bygone era, “The Way Life Should Be.” Governor Bodwell Steamboat, Swan's Island, ca. 1920Swan's Island Historical Society Despite the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… than any other citizen of Maine for the healthy point of view with which aviation is regarded here." Charles Lindbergh at Old Orchard Beach…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations. Islanders would make a point of having a lobster meal as part of their 4th celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name Hocomock (current Hockamock Head) was used before…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… changed location over the years, and at one point its runoff froze on the rocks below. A former student recalls: "Yep, and ‘course the stuff used…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… were run first to Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass Harbor. A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it was used only for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Even Irish Point, one of the earliest areas of settlement, had a store. Travel around the island was by foot, carriage, or animal so it was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"At that point in Swan's Island history, people rarely traveled outside of their own communities. A resident of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"In 1959, the Governor Brann was replaced by a new ferry, the Governor Muskie, which had the capacity of 24 cars."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… here if you don’t have a lot of money… at that point you did. Because, you know, Bar Harbor, Northeast… those are people with money." Interactions…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"Even Governor Francis Bernard, who received a grant of Mount Desert Island from the General Court in 1762, was unable to get his grant confirmed…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… subsequently becoming Maine's first governor. Southgate Mansion, Scarborough, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… 1768, ten residents sent a petition to the Royal Governor asking for help in keeping outsiders from coming to the island to get already cut and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… of an Academy at Hallowell Hook was signed by Governor Hancock. The act then proceeded to be passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor. Patten Free Library The separationists and anti-separationists heard and acknowledged…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme Court, Governor of Massachusetts, and Biddeford's representative to the Provincial Congress prior to the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… steamboats that traveled to Lincoln was called “Governor Neptune,” named after John Neptune, Governor of the Penobscot Native American tribe."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Stephen was governor for eight years. He made choices about what the tribe would do and made big decisions."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… coastline was fixed upon in 1759 by Massachusetts Governor Thomas Pownall and he encouraged the General Court to build a fortification at the mouth…"