Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"They included the Asticou Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889)…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… who had fought with him during the French and Indian Wars in 1759 and again in putting down Shay’s Rebellion just the year before."

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Memorial Library 1700s 1754 – 1763 • Maine Indians forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport Acadians to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"On another page of the ledger, Plosway is called ‘Indian Plosway’. We wonder why it was important to make note that Plosway was an Indian, but for…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… paddle up the Penobscot River, walk the ancient Indian footpaths while fording the streams, or trek beside ox-drawn wagons over river ice."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 brought a brief era of peace to the region. Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the…"