Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The Clambake and Dunstan School Restaurants were the wholesale division’s largest clients. Donald A."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Explore the Exhibits

"At the end of each exhibit, you will also find source notes, reference materials, and an "Educator Resources" link to lesson plans created…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They made a flagpole, and raised the red, white and blue colors of their club, called the Champlain Society after Samuel de Champlain."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Deacon White's largesse probably contributed to the establishment of a lending library in the area near the church, which is located on the Foreside…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… was just over the horizon, with the coming of the white settlers and more importantly the wars those settlers would bring across the sea with them…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"Those trucks cost about $1,700 each so we made a lot of money that day! It took three carrier trucks to bring all of the farm trucks to Presque Isle."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The Stickney & Page Whiting and Slate Mill was founded in 1873.  The business was  powered by water, and when there wasn’t enough water, a steam…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… to be seen everywhere, and the demand for red, white, and blue ribbons exhausted the millinery shops in short metre.” The first two weeks of April…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Surry Elementary School Today X A strong sense of stewardship characterizes Surry's Friends of Morgan Bay who have worked tirelessly with the…"

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

"… celebrated the opening of the connection of the rails of the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company to those of the Portland Railroad Company.(2)…"

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

"the same day, the station was moved to the Pine Point side of the tracks.(2) When the Pine Point station was discontinued, it was again moved to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Unchanged are the seasonal weather conditions, mosquitoes, green-headed flies and midges that bother diggers on the flats."

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

"Auto racing began soon after the construction of the first automobiles. The first auto race in the United States was November 1895 in Chicago; in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Maine has a maximum legal size of 5 inches carapace-length, to keep the largest breeders in the lobster population."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Toward the end of the 1800s the lobster stock seemed to be in decline, spurring the enactment of laws to protect and conserve the lobster population."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"As the end of the 1960s approached, it became obvious that the current high school building was not going to meet the demands of the district because…"

Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"Piscataquis Community High School Yearbooks - 1950 To present GUILFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Newsletters, Calendars, Scrapbooks, News articles…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The building itself “proved to be a white elephant”. It was converted to a hotel, which was never very prosperous."

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"In 2021, Stewart’s son, Garrett, put his father’s experiences as a Black person performing on the show into context, Although this was a common…"

Music in Maine - Music Education

"The original stage, benches, and chairs are in use by the New England Music Camp as of 2024. Walter Damrosch Walter Damrosch conducting at…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"In addition to his musical accomplishments, Al Hawkes worked to document and preserve the history of Maine’s bluegrass and country traditions."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"In 2014 – due to my innate passion for the music which “fuels the feet” for these exploits – I established a small youth folk orchestra."

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

"It was a special moment in time nationally and locally. The huge baby boomer demographic served up social, political and cultural change in…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A young boy named Virgil White was caught in the cyclone and badly injured. Both of his legs were broken as well as his right ankle and collar bone."