Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… and Saco now stand, in the areas around the great falls. All of these tribal names are found in the early literature of the area, as well as the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors? Essay by Ian Saxine, Fall 2022 Ian Saxine, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Bridgewater State University…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… Maine Historical Society during the Summer and Fall of 1998. This exhibition covers a period from 1620–1934, highlighting the role that drink…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… mill built in Rumford in 1893, below the Great Falls of the Androscoggin, is still going strong and remains the engine of the local economy."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"They settled near the reversing falls and the Salt Pond. The settlement was not on the map at first because the British had found long straight trees…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Natalie & Ben Butler’s History of Farmington Falls sheds a little more light on Jonathan. They tell us Jonathan owned a mill in Farmington Falls for…"

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

"John Roundy was 36 and Capt. Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"It was in the Fall of 1971, when the Rumford basketball dynasty really began. It was then when an inexperienced and little known coach by the name of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"But excepting for the fall, the river is beautiful..." Samuel de Champlain, 1604 Champlain's pleasing description underscores Bangor's natural…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The community of Farmington Falls consisted of a number of mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee, ‘plenty of ale-wives’ was an easy canoe trip from Norridgewock on the…"

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

"… Eighteenth Century Resettlement occurred in the fall of 1702 when eight men, likely accompanied by their families, sailed from Lynn to Black Point."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"In the fall of 1761, Abraham Somes arrived on Mount Desert Island, looking for a place to settle. Like all immigrants he wanted a better life."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… the rights to the stream after another economic fall during The Great Depression. After this, large industrial companies, such as mills, began to…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"Falling telephone and electrical wires hampered his rescue, and Scribner died at the scene. State Street ruins, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… to take a trip to Solomon’s Store?” When the fall comes, the children save up their money from the summer and they go to the Solomon’s Store to buy…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"Rumford Falls, Buckfield Railroad, ca. 1870Maine Historical Society From the beginning, the RSU has endeavored to forge cohesion among its far-flung…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"From 1848 to 1882 he served Unitarian churches in Fall River, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and Germantown, Pennsylvania."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Six to eight canneries operated in Farmington Falls, Farmington and West Farmington. There are still remnants of the buildings that once provided…"

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

"The North Village is a great place to live, the people are great and always willing to help in time of need."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"More on canning sardines in Lubec. Rise and Fall Lubec’s population rose to 3,363 by 1910. American Can Company built a plant for the manufacture of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"This addition, completed in Fall 2012, increased the square footage of living space from 850 square feet to 2,100 square feet."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the high school came into existence in the fall of 1905. Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class…"