Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… property has a fine modern shaped house on Ohio st and grounds to correspond he is a man who always bows his head to every body he knows whether he…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"St. Mary of the Isles and Christ Church provided places of worship for this summer community. The Dark Harbor summer residents enjoyed the pleasures…"

John Bapst Memorial High School

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"… Josh Benner, Shelby Ward, Jacob Crockett, Shania St. Pierre, and Marisa Beedle. Learn more about Ice Cutting on Bombahook. Click here."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"… area was to travel through New Brunswick via the St. John River in Durham boats. In the 1830's the Military Road was built from Bangor to Houlton…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled the finest on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Eventually, they were stationed in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Private Sam Morrell Private Sam Morrill was a member of the 22nd Maine Regiment that…"

Historic Hallowell - Hall-Dale 7th Grade Team 2011

"Hilaire Shania St. Pierre Quinton Stebbins Dani Sweet Thea Sweet Jeffrey Veilleux II Tyler Veilleux Jessica Wallace John Wallace Liam Walp…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Georges River in Thomaston. There he intended to "embark [his] all on the attempt to promote the settlement and prosperity of the District of Maine,"…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… oval was created to keep horse races off of Main St. (More About Franklin County Agricultural Fair) U.S."

Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"… Josh Benner, Shelby Ward, Jacob Crockett, Shania St. Pierre, and Marisa Beedle. Josh Benners and Shelby Ward' Interview with Captain Arthur Moore…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Flood, Bangor, 1902 Looking down Broad st. during the flood of 1902.Bangor Public Library Flood on the Penobscot, Bangor, 1902 The Kenduskeag…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"The French Island of St. Pierre & Miquellon became a major entreport for Canadian and American rum runners."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The earliest, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, had opened in 1848 and later became the Grand Trunk Railway."

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… within walking distance of this fire on Academy St. during the aftermath of the ice storm. The pictures to the left were used during the fire chief…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… every year since 1840 at the fair grounds on High St. It is still an agricultural fair with livestock, horse pulling, tractor pulling, an…"

Allagash Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… Goldthwait Projected population statistics from “The Veritcal Farm” – by Dr. Dickson Despommier, copyright 2011, Picador / St. Martin’s Press"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"He was then captured on June 24,1864, at St. Mary’s Church in Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus."

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… Graves, Halley Lane, Danna Petersen & Natalie St. Hilaire Hallowell had a sandpaper mill which was built in 1880, owned by Mr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… same violin received second prize at a contest in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was later exhibited on television."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… years, Acadia, the land between the Penobscot and St. Croix rivers, was inhospitable to settlement due to disputes and battles between Great…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco St. Mary's Church, Biddeford, ca. 1909McArthur Public Library With the rise of industry in Biddeford…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… many influenza cases in the Italian quarter that St. Peter’s Church opened and filled with beds for people quarantining infected relatives at home."