Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… hope that they will take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… two-story hospital housed the sick, young and old. Thelma decided to open a hospital in 1932 while working as a nurse in a nursing home."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He is currently 70 years old and living in Bangor at 47 West Broadway. Stephen King became famous by publishing many books, and, soon after, many of…"

Acadian Archives

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Edward F. Bangs was a 37-year-old resident of Freeman when he enlisted in the Army on September 12, 1862."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The trip from Old Town to Fort Kent would take five weeks round trip. Gould’s brother, Walter, decided to sell his business while business was strong…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… packing sardines in 1931 when she was 14 years old. “Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,” she recalled."