Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"This project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… project is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum & Library Services."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Camden Grant “Compare and contrast steamboats in the past and in the present” Past: Steamboats were used for the transportation of goods and people…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, has been to Lincoln and he stayed at the Lincoln House Hotel, according to rumor."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"When Read received a land grant from Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong, he reserved specific lots for individuals located in the territory or…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… was created as the result of a Massachusetts grant in 1779 to Timothy Walker, Jr., and his associates, to settle a land controversy in Concord, New…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and early 1790’s, many homesteading on land granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"A grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation has made that possible. Candace Kanes, curator and historian for Maine Memory Network at Maine…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… consider transitional housing, secured a $20,000 grant from brothers John, Richard and Charles Gendron to finance a study."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"On June 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"One of these grants became known as the Waldo Patent, which comprised approximately 1000 acres. It included the whole of Knox County (except for Fox…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… guard against such a surprise as befell General Grant at Pittsburg last night, and this forenoon it has been raining right down."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… in 1956, the hospital was provided a grant by the Ford Foundation for $130,000. The money was put forth to build two more sections as an extension…"

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

"While some veterans used government-backed grants to claim land elsewhere in the state, others remained and pushed outward to North Scarborough."

Caribou Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… theirs and encouraged settlement by offering land grants and mill privileges. The first American, Dennis Fairbanks, settled in the area in 1828 and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Permission was also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the year 1794 the Commonwealth made a large land grant to Bowdoin College consisting of four townships, one of which is now the incorporated Town…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… by Peru Historical Society The original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This, coupled with a series of federal grants during the 1970s, led to improvements to the infrastructure including upgrading of the water, electric…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… the creation of roads that we so often take for granted. Imagine a wagon ride during the mid 1700s from the small settlement of ancient North…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… of which would be funded by a federal Hill-Burton grant to improve hospital technology. The remaining funds for the hospital had to be raised by…"