Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… the “head of tide,” they came at last upon the Indian village they were seeking. Settlers were greeted warmly by the “gentle Abenaki” and were able…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… Bombahook by its original occupants, the Abenaki Indians. Another belief is that Sheppard's Point at the end of the stream is shaped like India…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… at the fort supplied with goods suitable for Indian trade. From as early as 1734, limestone was quarried on Limestone Hill near the St."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… post on lower Wadsworth Street, specifically for trading with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Courtesy of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice harvesting was not only a local, state or national trade, ice was shipped all over the world as far as South America, India and China."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… was little to support the theory that any band of Indians had ever been indigenous to Aroostook County, except perhaps after 1790 when white…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to the far-east, and…"

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

"… typical colonial American town, well placed along trade routes and a bustling hub. Lumber was one of the earliest and most successful industries in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade. Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the natives…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… that Hayford was a staunch Democrat and was the Indian agent for the Penobscot Indians in the 1840s for several years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… business,” Abraham Somes met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"The Presque Isle boys were named the Indians, but Dorothy cheered for the boys from Robinson. She liked the boys from there."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Godfrey Hannibal Hamlin Indian Regatta Stephen Stanislaus Sebattis Saul Sebattis Solomon J. M. Sockalexis John Fransoway Mitchel Peol Susup Sappiel…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"For Maine proprietors, “Indian deeds” signed with Native peoples in the seventeenth century became an important element of the argument."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… paupers, persons under guardianship, and Indians not taxed.” Josiah Farrow represented Islesboro at the convention."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Stratton and his companions traded with Indians and the fishing fleets that visited the Maine coast."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Many Indian tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

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

"… Historical Society & Museum The first Indian attack occurred September 1675 in the upper part of Blue Point at the home of Robert Nichols and his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… parade and observances in Bangor, ten Penobscot Indians in five birchbark canoes engaged in a race on the Kenduskeag Stream."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"In 1763 the French and Indian Wars ended with the Paris Peace Treaty which ensured the safety of settlers from attack."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"By the mid-1800s, the Penobscot Indians had been practicing Catholicism for years, after being converted by European settlers."

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

"… Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and Penobscot Indians, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, the traditional adversaries of the Iroquois."