Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"Champlain's map of Saco Bay and the Saco River, 1605McArthur Public Library Gorges engaged his friend Richard Vines to lead a settlement over the…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"It wasn’t until 1812 that Robert Low Jr. got this warrant for Guilford to be on maps. Eight years later Guilford was better than ever and the year…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… Early Shipbuilders - 1780s Map of the Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society By the time Thomaston was…"

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"Northeast Harbor Village Map, ca. 1955Northeast Harbor Library The Future That Northeast Harbor is in economic decline, there is no doubt."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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

"Our Shared History Map of North Yarmouth, 1687Maine Historical Society From One Town, Many: Ancient North Yarmouth We are now two separate…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Schools map of Islesboro  Text by Ruth Hartley School Bell, Islesboro, ca. 1880Islesboro Historical Society After incorporating as a town in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… business directory of the subscribers to the new map of Maine : with a brief history and description of the state. Portland, Maine : J."

United Society of Shakers

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Windham Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

""Town of Dresden Fire Fighters." Dresden, Maine. Dresden Fire Department, uknown. Web. 09 May 2011. <http:// townofdresden.com/map.shtml>."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… that size put southern Maine on the rock and roll map for concert promoters. What other events in Maine during the 1950s, 60s and early 70s were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… was formed, putting Mount Desert Island on the map as an official tourist destination. A huge player in the success of Acadia National Park was…"

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

"Historical Overview Map of Scarborough with MarshlandScarborough Historical Society & Museum Scarborough: They Called it Owascoag Text by…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Soldier's Home, Togus near Augusta, 1878Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education National Soldier Home: Birds Eye View of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… of the 1970’s that really put the town “on the map” with its sports prominence. In a recent Bangor Daily News farewell to the Auditorium article…"

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

"Map of Klondike Plant #2 This map showing the location of Plant #2 on the North Lubec Canal appears on the back cover of the Prospectus for the…"

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

"1871 North Yarmouth Historical Society Locating the old houses of Cumberland map, by Hope Dilloway, 1989Prince Memorial Library"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Champlain’s early map gives this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning “Burnt-hill” in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… of on-ground realities, the Sanborn Insurance maps, offer testimony. Canneries in Lubec in the 1903 edition show rooms labeled as places where cans…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Another old landmark, “the old watering trough” sat in the square at the North Village, it was made by Charles Harris and maintained by Warren…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"“Cemetery Map - Mount Hope Cemetery Corp & Crematory - America's Second Garden Cemetery.” Mount Hope Cemetery Corp & Crematory, Mount Hope Cemetery…"