Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Maine in 1860 X Population swings Between 1790 and 1860, the population of Maine increased from…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"As a result, any coastal opposition to separation could no longer be based on the hindrance of the former Coasting Law, and many who had previously…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Additionally, many in York County opposed separation because the current capital in Boston would likely be closer than a new capital in Maine.[15] In…"

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

"… grew over the next century, particularly in coastal towns. After the American Revolution achieved independence for the United States, the District…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"With the northern-most coastal territory in the Union, and a shared a border with British Canada, Mainers largely shifted their focus from separation…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Hudson Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

".---(SORL) Duncan, R. Coastal Maine: A Maritime History, 1992. Fischer, D.A. Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, 1989. Fisher, Jonathan."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… of itinerants, moving from village to village in coastal and rual areas of the state. Such was the case of Almond W."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The town of Blue Hill was and is a bustling coastal community. Even in the 1700s, Blue Hill was an appealing place to settle."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before and during Maine’s transition…"

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

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Most came from Massachusetts and coastal Maine. By the 1860’s, much of the big pine in the region had been cut, and many of the American-born loggers…"

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

"… the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland settlement of Walnut Hill in present-day North…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… get away from dirty cities and breathe fresh coastal air. Later, the 1950’s polio scare influenced this trend."

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

"… was one of the two mainstays of the economy of coastal Downeast Maine. From the 1880s to the end of the 20th century, Lubec and Eastport were the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them."

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

"… most were two-masted brigs and schooners for the coastal trade. Captain Candage, one of 52 Blue Hill ship captains of the era, went to sea at 18…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… from settlers who wished to return to Wabanaki coastal territories. English guests all too often misinterpreted such hospitality, misunderstanding…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… of property arrived in the Dawnland, forming coastal outposts devoted to fishing, logging, and fur trading."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… of a late nineteenth century tintype studio in a coastal resort. Curiously, the sitter holds two large dollar bills and has another pinned to his…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth Skyline Farm…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"It was built for the coastal trade, and the steamer’s cargo was mostly coal. She stranded on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost."