Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… such as a deed that came late in Warrabitta’s life, at Small Point, in Casco Bay, in which “Blind Joan” appeared along with “Great Agumagus” or…"

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

"… and often, in various ways, the quality of life within those communities. The proprietors shaped the composition of Maine communities by recruiting…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… consequences were varied and uneven in daily life, its ramifications were clear within property law."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… Homelands and its ongoing consequences for daily life. Direct digitized access to this original material should encourage us to reconsider our…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Spring built bridges connecting the Island to Biddeford and Pepperellborough 1795-8. Captain Bradbury built a fulling mill on Spring's Island for the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"… worked in Massachusetts, then Florida, then Rhode Island. Inside Nylander Museum X Eventually, Olof was taken in by the United States…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… "When the 22 Regiment left Bangor for Ship Island he was the tallest & handsomest man in the regiment." Martin's illustration of Kimball and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"A volunteer life-saving crew from Cape Elizabeth hauled a heavy surfboat more than nine miles over muddy roads to the eastern side of Prouts Neck."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Research at a burial ground on Mill Island where Roundy and Wood first landed indicate that the native American presence here dated back to almost…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers…"

Acadia National Park

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Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… did the Stanislaus family impact or relate to my life? One way this connects to my life is, I’m 1/8 Native American and so is my grandfather."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Company and the Saco Iron Works opened on Cutts Island in Saco; the precursor to the industrialization which would be the making of the towns on…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond. These daguerreotypes of young Sarah were preserved in the Richards family…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Lucy Nicolar and Mary Ranco, Indian Island, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society Aunt Lu utilized her connections to raise the educational standards for…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Then they build a church on the island, which is next to their little cabin for their residence. My food is simple and light."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… (SORL)—In Search of the Rustic Life (LI)—Long Island: The Forgotten Community (JF)--Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson (LC)--Looking for the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Life seemed more blessedly relaxed than the established watering sites of Long Island’s Hamptons, Newport, even Bar Harbor."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… the Sisters, Minton recalled trips to Diamond Island, where “We did silly things like sneak down to the beach to watch the Sisters swimming then…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… he served in the Continental Army in the Rhode Island campaign as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… flood happened in March, 1936, when the Business Island was flooded; the Morse bridge, the steel Rumford Falls Bridge, the Rangeley Lakes Railroad…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"They built a small cabin on an island that had been cleared by the Abenakis. Here they planted corn and potatoes."