Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… was even proposed as a possible site for the town dump. The delicate ecosystem of the marsh had already been threatened by activities of the diking…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… Scotch, irish, and French families migrating to town in search of work. Ridlonville became prosperous and was comprised of hotels, general stores…"

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

"The Old Town House is now owned by North Yarmouth Historical Society. North of the Town House an important bridge was first built across the Royal…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to be set off from Moose Island and to be a town by itself 1811 • Jonathan Weston, Jabez Mowry, Sherman Leland, Samuel Beals, Joseph Clark Jr."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… that matured ten years after settlement, provided towns with cider, a popular country drink and cash crop."

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018Maine Historical Society Wabanaki peoples created the first music of Ckuwaponahkiyik when…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"1950Maine Historical Society Town bands carried on the marching tradition of military bands after the Civil War, with uniforms often resembling the…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of Lubec. But however proud a Lubecker of the Town’s Centennial Celebration, that quarter was…"

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

"… State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

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

"… as one drives down The Lane from the center of town. The Semmes converted the farm from a dairy farm to a riding school where all five family…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… in Boston to incorporate their plantation into a town. They asked Rev. Noble to travel to the capital to represent them."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"This decreased the need of having a lumbering town that was simultaneously a seaport. Westward Expansion continued, and many of Bangor’s people moved…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Point School and according to the Scarborough Town Report he was paid $9 for the year for this service."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… including those from Woolwich and Bath, towns near Malaga, and Phippsburg, the home of Malaga."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Fortunately, it came down in the nearby town of Orland and was retrieved. Fairgoers were treated to the highest ride ever."

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

"… to vote, and others focused on getting individual towns, cities, and states to allow women the right to vote."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… of older folks and young ones to came from Down Town. A violin player played for dancing – a jolly time, and it smelled so good – lots of hay…"…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the rusticators. When the Blue Hill Hospital burned down in 1929, the Blue Hill Inn…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns like Phippsburg, looked to tourism and development as way to dig out of the state’s economic…"

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

"The waterfronts of both towns provided the perfect location for the industry, and a working landscape of canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."