Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… possession (taking timber) in the county of York, 1741Maine Historical Society Then came other projectors, championing their own dreams for the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United States Senate, resigning in 1796 to become United States Minister to…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… group of actors, directors and producers from New York City pulled together a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… only had three incorporated counties before 1790—York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Summarized list of grievances (in sidebar): Hatch, Maine, 108-109."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel Moses and Abigail Little and born on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to the north side of Carr Mountain and on to Rangeley."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… Biddeford, 1870-1880 Stoneware Collections of the York Institute Museum, Saco A strong supporter of the total abstinence movement, B.F."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Then he left and went to New York in 1835. He only lived in New York for five years when he died of natural causes on June 7, 1840."

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

"Cumberland County Civic Center Cumberland County Civic Center souvenir poster, ca. 1978Maine Historical Society Civic Center model, ca."

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

"… interchange with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"Additionally, towns in York County sought to remain part of Massachusetts because of their close proximity to Boston, while towns across the District…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… he operated at Newbury Neck came from Boston, New York and other ports in ships which Coggins owned."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… attention with coverage on CBS news, in the New York Times, People Magazine, Opera News, and the Boston Globe."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… Cerberus Capital Management L.P., a private New York-based investment firm. The paper mill has existed for over a hundred years."

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

"… American Railroad, which was intended to link New York with Canada and, via ships, to Europe. It would be the final step in the transcontinental…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… the journey from Maine and down into New York in a letter to his father back home. Once in Washington, the 1st Maine performed guard duty in…"

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

"… at first connecting Boston to Kittery and York, then extending to Portland (then called Falmouth)."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Industry Julius Wolff, a food broker from New York, arrived on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in 1875 attracted by the abundance of small herring…"