Maine Memory Network

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

"… travel lanes, where inland roads met stagecoach routes. When railroad lines were established, in later years, villages grew where train depots were…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… 1890s that Aroostook farmers had a more direct route to markets in Boston and New York. The demand for Maine potatoes and starch changed the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… could take two days via a circuitous dry-land route. Because of Scarborough’s unique geography consisting of marsh and rivers, it was often quicker…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Necessary street realignment altered routing and residences on Lower Water and Pleasant Streets. Note the photograph to the right showing the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"When he was in seventh grade, Albert had a paper route delivering the Bangor Daily News. He had fifty customers, and woke up at 5:00 AM and delivered…"

Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"Route 1 and ME Route 131, is home to a growing collection of artifacts from the life and times of Major General Henry Knox."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"Penobscot snowshoes, ca. 1850Abbe Museum With the Europeans came new diseases and colonial wars. After 150 years of these conflicts, barely 1,000…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"… October and November Programs at the Knox Museum The General Henry Knox Museum is located at the corner of Routes 1 and 131 S in Thomaston, Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"It is now at the intersection of Route One/Main Street and Wadsworth Streets, and currently serves as the Prison Store. <-Prev."

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

"… Route: Walnut Hill Road to New Gloucester Road (Route 115 to Route 231) Around 1740 settlers from Gloucester, Massachusetts had followed an early…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Baldwin Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… from Oak Hill to Dunstan, the current path of Route 1, and was funded by tolls of eight cents for a horse and twenty-five cents for a stagecoach."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"The 2 1/2 mile route along Outer Winthrop Street contained wetland and a steep grade. Granite slab in transit, Hallowell, ca."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"The mill is over 150 years old. It is located on Route 15 in the center of Guilford, on the right coming from Dover before the green bridge."

North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Leeds Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Humphrey Pike, 2nd Lieut. John Lord, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, and 36 Privates. Next..."

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… Beach and Saco following what is now Route 1.(1) Trolley at Dunstan, Scarborough, ca. 1910Scarborough Historical Society & Museum On 24 July…"