Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… Poolaw, from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, while traveling across the country performing as “Indians” at wild west shows and on the theater circuit."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper had to cross the river. Certainly having the train into West Farmington was much…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Presque Isle’s city limits from south on Route 1, travelers are greeted with a sign that says “Welcome to Presque Isle, the Hub of Aroostook…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… first arrived in Blue Hill, Maine in 1776 after traveling from Andover, Massachusetts. Theodore was already married to one Dorcas Osgood from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… dancers and choreographers of the century traveled to the island during this time to study with Sartorio including Paul Taylor and Jerome Robbins…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… purchase new merchandise and fresh foods without traveling to the mainland. At its peak, homes were visited by the local fish merchant, who brought…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… progressed the Bear Clan from Tobique would travel up the Aroostook River (originally the Moosiec River (River of Moose)."

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

"… Ernestine Rose, a feminist and abolitionist who traveled around the world. Frederick Douglas visited Bangor because to meet with Reverend Amory…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… by volunteer work and subscription, and opened to travel around 1821. There have been 12 bridges on the Piscataquis River; three at Low’s Bridge…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"Also, cell phones travels through the air and to a tower, which is connected to other phones. People who work with the phone line are only really…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Traveling was still very rough in our region throughout the 19th century. The creation and condition of our roads and their constant maintenance was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"At one time there was a spur that traveled into West Peru village to service a brick factory and other businesses."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Mercy Rule, which gave the Sisters the freedom to travel wherever the poor, sick, and uneducated needed help."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… docile for most of the year, making it hard for travelers on the Rt. 2 & 4 bridge to imagine it strong enough to move mammoth chunks of ice and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far more developed than Flagg’s Point (Lubec)."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"In 1875, Arthur went to work for his brother as a traveling salesman. Arthur was very good at this job."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"They asked Rev. Noble to travel to the capital to represent them. There, ever humming his favorite hymn entitled Bangor, as local legend has it, he…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… just to earn extra money, but Curtis wanted to travel and sell his gum all around the world. Two years later, he and his father began a business…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the Westons and the Heywoods, were farmers who traveled up the river in 1771 from Massachusetts. They arrived in the spring with three teenage boys…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and power lured settlers to the region on the heels of the Revolutionary War."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Her Circle, many newspaper articles, and even a traveling guide. Throughout her life Mary Alden Hopkins became a renowned writer, and her articles…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… men from Cumberland had left their hometowns and traveled south to serve in the US military at some point during the war."

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