Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County Communication Center, County Treasurer, District Attorney, Register of Deeds, Register of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 3 of 3

"… Adventures in Aroostook County"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Places

"… Brick Inn Farmington's First Grist Mill Franklin County Agricultural Fair Lowell's General Store Measuring Rock Meeting House Park North Church"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Franklin County Agricultural Fair There were many categories for judging at the fair. The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… of Maine upon the death of Enoch Lincoln, County Treasurer for Franklin County (also see educator above) Isabel (Whittier) Greenwood 1862-1958…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… State Normal School - Education Franklin County Agricultural Fair - Agriculture, Places Jacob Abbott - People, Education John Frank Stevens -…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… the fair.Farmington Historical Society Franklin County Agricultural Society In 1840, the legislature granted a charter to the Franklin County…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… in relation to surrounding communities, the county, and the state. All the other maps were built on the base map."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… support a High School, when other towns in the county had already established that type of education."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… and a building for events such as the Franklin County Agriculture Society. When the farmers drove their wagons to Society meetings, they brought…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… the fact that it has been the shire town of the county of Franklin for almost half a century, none will deny that such a town has a history, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… 1861 Walling Topographical Map of the Franklin County with Town of Farmington noted (map from Library of Congress)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… the branch of Nortons that came to the Franklin County area lived on Martha’s Vineyard. Each generation left its mark on the towns where they lived."

Maine and the Civil War - Poster seeking cavalry horses, Aroostook County, 1861

"Poster seeking cavalry horses, Aroostook County, 1861 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description A Civil War…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"… Other Poems, is subtitled "A souvenir of Franklin County." It celebrates local persons and places including Farmington Normal School, Mount Abram…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"A Real Downeast County Fair Collaboratively written by The Bay School's eighth grade: Noah Cimeno, Aphelion Crampton, Alexander Heilner, Loriman…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… Historical Society In 1859, Franklin County exported $92,000 worth of apples, the equivalent of $2 million today."

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…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960

"Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A Birdseye mobil combine for…"

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

"… citizens of this corporation but by the town and county, and the business and traveling public generally, and we hope it will be decided at that…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Sugar beets being loaded from a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Text by Ben, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Adventures in Aroostook County X Text by Mary, a Presque Isle Middle School student Photos from the Jeremiah, the interviewee Jeremiah grew up…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Presque Isle Historical Society Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside."