Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… spotted, an alarm was sounded and twenty or so villagers would head out to get the whale. They would share the rewards, except for the tongue…"

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

"… shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village. Derby Road sported a candy and sundry shop, post office and library in one block."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca. 1940sSwan's Island Historical Society These village stores carried just about anything needed: canned…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were held there. In the village of Atlantic, during the 1970’s, Mertic Morrison would have music…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the Danish Village, an authentic copy of the Danish village Ribe."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… Society Swan Islander’s would gather in Swan’s Village to participate in 4th of July celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s firsts have been overlooked in the era of women’s rights and not recorded…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"One is in Swan’s Island Village called Mallye’s Pond. It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office building."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… "I halted at the head of the ferry and viewed the village and located behind a number of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck…"

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

"In North Yarmouth There Were Two Villages Along the two country roads that passed through North Yarmouth, two village centers eventually developed."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between their stores so they could talk to each other."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"She also served as a representative of the Village of Atlantic on the Committee for Health and Sanitation for many years starting in the early 1950s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… building constructed around 1905 in Swan’s Island village. From the waterfront, the hall stood out tall against the horizon, as can be seen from…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"The extremely popular “Indian Village,” hosted by members by members of the Wabanaki community at Deering Oaks was a crowd and media favorite."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… in Scarborough remaining a town of separate villages, each with its own church and school. Dunstan and Portland were connected by a road inland…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Clyde lived in Atlantic, one of three villages in Swan’s Island, and was well known for playing his accordion and singing when people got together."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"After a series of fires in the village, Mr. Edwin Brooks offered to work with some summer residents and purchase fire fighting equipment if the town…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"They were intended for what was called "amusements of a wholesome nature." Gambling, strong drink and profanity were prohibited. They hosted village…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… federal-style houses that grace the shaded village streets of Blue Hill today were built in the early nineteenth century with profits made from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Each village has a plentiful supply of church edifices, and a high grade educational institution at which pupils are fitted for any college in the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… Reverend Jonathan Fisher's "Morning in Blue Hill Village, Sept. 1824" is one of Maine's oldest landscape paintings."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… period, the Maine Publicity Bureau and the Quoddy Village housing development in Eastport, were Federally financed through the New Deal."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… had lost its primary commercial center when the village of Yarmouth seceded from North Yarmouth in August 1849."

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

"… Historical Society The Sokokis/Saco main village is thought to be Sowocatuck, where modern day downtown Biddeford and Saco now stand, in the areas…"