Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and early 1790’s, many homesteading on land granted to them for service in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… by Peru Historical Society The original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Society In 1840, the Maine State Legislature “granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society” for the purpose of creating a fair…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

Caribou Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… was created as the result of a Massachusetts grant in 1779 to Timothy Walker, Jr., and his associates, to settle a land controversy in Concord, New…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… shore up through Walnut Hill and north to their grant of land, present day New Gloucester, so we can assume that the bare beginnings of the county…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Permission was also granted for the Aroostook Valley Railroad to connect with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the year 1794 the Commonwealth made a large land grant to Bowdoin College consisting of four townships, one of which is now the incorporated Town…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County Agricultural Society."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This, coupled with a series of federal grants during the 1970s, led to improvements to the infrastructure including upgrading of the water, electric…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The Morrill Act of 1862 established the land grant colleges across the United States. For Maine, its college would be founded in 1865 just eight…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… and convincing words persuaded the legislature to grant Blue Hill its wish. The citizens "felt it to be the duty imposed upon them by the author of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In 1807, the Massachusetts General Court granted incorporation to Farmington Academy, just 13 years after the first Town Meeting."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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