Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Historical Society, 1992 A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War Era, edited by Donald W. Beattie, Rodney M. Cole, and Charles G."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… the society’s start of the yearlong Maine Memory project to research and map local homes, businesses and townspeople’s lives after the Civil War."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… schools where students could walk to and from home. Smith Crossing, with its predominantly Italian population, had the MacDonald School."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Years ago, one of the homes was built with the county line running through the livingroom. Whenever East Dixfield is mentioned, people think of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… ferry made regular crossings within sight of her home, near where the Congregationalist Church is now."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… for the paper manufacture and all the residential homes and businesses in the Rumford Falls area had been stretched to its limit."

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"On his return flight, being so close to home, it was only natural he would want to fly to Florida via his hometown of Lincoln."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… were long term since not every soldier returned home. In addition many former soldiers left our communities to settle elsewhere, including lands in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Library Around 1870 following the Civil War an economic shift occurred including increased industrialization of northern cities in the United…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… in the SNOW, how crazy is that? They did take home the State Championship Gold Ball in 1985. What a great day that was, it was Richmond vs."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… actually lived in Guilford but claimed it as her home of record during and after her military career."

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

"… the island as a seasonal, and perhaps permanent, home. Little information exists on the exact nature of the island’s use before European…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… that in 1918 there was one piano in every fourth home. That was equal to fifty-two pianos on the island."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"Route 1 and ME Route 131, is home to a growing collection of artifacts from the life and times of Major General Henry Knox."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890Guilford Historical Society STUDENT CORNER HOME"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… Island Historical Society Swan’s Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and processing plant that started in the late 1980s."

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

"… oh I don’t know, six or seven at night and come home at ten. He loved that. And the kids all—and he told them, he says, “If you break anything, you…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… later settlers as they worked to build their own homes. They built log houses with simple furniture, surviving on the island’s resources through…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… social Library in North Yarmouth were kept in the home of the appointed librarian. Records of The Second Social Library in North Yarmouth…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… settlers arrived, our region of Maine was home to members of the Abenaki tribe, who, together with the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until 1837. When the newly-named Strong Post Office moved to a three-story…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"The next is the home of a dentist, Dr. Charles Fuller. This house was occupied by an African American troop detachment sent here to guard the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… settlement stopped, money became scarce, and the economic situation worsened. When the British seized control of Castine in 1779 and American…"