Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - NARRATIVE

"… limited now, we have held onto our industrial roots and remain, unlike most early settlements, an old fashioned mill-town."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… "went into the woods and found a pine tree with a root running out like a plough shear and I made a plough and covered the moulboard with hoop iron…"

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

"… history of both towns reminds us of our common roots. We remember the tumultuous births of each town and recall their similar developments and…"

St. Joseph Healthcare

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… mudflats and seed from salt-tolerant grasses took root and began to spread. Thus began the growth and development of the marsh we know today."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… to care for those less fortunate are all rooted in this era. Women like Maine's own Dorothea Dix took an active role leading these movements."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"X Hires Root Beer Early 20th century Collections of Maine Historical Society 1997.248 Hires Root Beer was marketed as a "great temperance drink."…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"… two towns that share a common history with deep roots, separate but, in many ways, similar. The towns split in 1821, but joined together again to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… what was by then a longstanding custom of rooting Anglo title in Native land rights, arguing instead that royal or provincial grants, not Indian…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… of life, considering this a solid place with deep roots in which to raise their families with old-fashioned values."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… she regrets not appreciating her hometown roots, but she’s making up for that neglect by working extra hard on this project."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"This small grass-roots organization has developed a new commemorative trail called the Fly Rod Crosby Trail which will eventually stretch 45 miles…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… include a mixture of lifelong residents with roots reaching back generations, retirees drawn to the town's rural character and seaside scenery, and…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… coordinator and teacher Lynn Bonsey has Surry roots reaching back several generations, which inspired her to help her middle level students…"

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Cary Memorial Library

"… [b]Founded:[/b] The library's roots extend back to the 1880s, when a group of Wayne citizens decided to form a small lending library. Dues were…"

Tate House Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… in 1798 they were successful in putting down roots, building a primitive log cabin structure near the East side of Harbor Brook where it outlets…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Most are “traditional” with deep roots in the history of the industry not only in Lubec, but anywhere where herring were caught and smoked."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… Johnson, and Carlson are island families whose roots on Swan’s started with quarry workers over 100 years ago and are still very much a part of our…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"… group of politically activated women had strong roots in Maine. Lillian Stevens of Stroudwater was the right hand of President Frances Willard and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Yarmouth, thereby expanding the Loring family’s roots and influence on the town’s development. In 1827, the year before his death, Thomas Loring…"

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

"As the Rockefeller family planted their roots on Mt. Desert Island, Donald Bryant was making history of his own."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"(JF) Wood, Esther. Deep Roots: A Maine Legacy, 1990.---(SORL) Wood, Esther. Hannah: Reminiscences of an 1850 Childhood, 1982. Wood, Esther."