Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"His son John and his wife continued the business after. The John Scales building was one of the oldest hardware stores and was sold to Keith Farnham…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… the four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In 1933, Queen’s Hospital, under the leadership of Sister M."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Built by merchant John Mussey to replace an earlier block of the same name, this handsome four story brick building with cast iron fronts and window…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ John 15:13. Christ’s torch is the light passed on as reflected in Samuel Belcher’s life and the…"

Brick Store Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I do the same thing every day. I only have a few breaks in my day. I wash blankets and sheets, clean bathrooms, sweep, and also clean the guests'…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"John B. Thomes of Pittsfield, MA, granted the corporation a plot of land on Main Street to be used for a public library."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… attorney Elbridge Gerry Harlow, trial justice John Mason Eustis and future governor of Oregon LaFayette Grover."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Silvester Gardiner and William Brattle. Charles Vaughan, John Merrick and others were hired as land agents by the Proprietors to protect and develop…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"… Ira Dearborn Fish was born January 4, 1790 to John and Rebekah Fish. Ira married a woman named Almeda and had at least two sons and one daughter."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"During the 1800's a fair number of African Americans made Bangor their home. John Holyoke, a man from Brewer, was another abolitionist from the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… Hamlin, Stephen King, Charlotte Blake Brown, and John B. Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at the corner of Exchange and State Streets when a wall from the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Lieut. Col. John F. Godfrey, Bangor, 1863Bangor Public Library When war between the South and the North broke out in April 1861, Bangor eagerly…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… influence, but for his direct impact on the day-to-day operations of a community in its infancy."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"John River and then back into the United States duty free. The farmers in the area catered to the lumber industry by growing grain, hay and potatoes…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"John Crosby The Influence of John Crosby 1757-1843 by Karyn Field based on an article by Alice Hawes Among the important names found in the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"At Dunn's the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad came through in 1849; here was located North Yarmouth's first railroad depot ."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Early Schools Text By: Kathy Lambert Return to Online Exhibits The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… axe, adze or saw, he did not receive 75 cents a day (apprentices received fifty cents) per day until he was 21 years old."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… Frederick Peterson, Fred Berquist, Alfred Tall, John Tall, Lars Erick Anderson, and Hedeens. Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle…"