Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… was renamed the Post Road in 1760.(4) County Road and Saco Street, North Scarborough, 1907Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In the late…"

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…"

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…"

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 - Education

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

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… for researching the history of Sagadahoc County and the genealogy of its residents. The History Room contains the archived collections of the…"

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)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… Historical Society archives Cumberland County Registry of Deeds. Book 100, page 571. Domingue, Robert."

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."

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

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

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

"… also served twice as state senator for Lincoln County. When the War of 1812 broke out, William served as a major general in the militia in charge…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This new road, later called State Road, entered Bath on building Washington Streets. The resulting congestion led to installation of Bath’s first…"

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

"… Society The Lowell homestead was on the Whittier Road, (now # 655 Whittier Road). “The orchards had 1,000 or more trees and each fall Lowell…"

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…"

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

"With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties, little interest from York County and objections due to the Coasting Law, the effort soon died…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… mostly consisted of towns in present-day York County which had sworn their allegiance to the Massachusetts Bay Colony."

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

"… of acting upon the question of accepting a road, or roads, laid out to the new depot grounds by the selectmen."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Until the automobile in the early 1900s, roads and businesses were suited for people on foot, carriage, or railroad."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The Sagadahoc County Courthouse 94 Front Street"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Gillet, Publisher, 1851. Sagadahoc County, Maine. J. Chace, Publisher, 1858. City of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Roe & Colby, 1873."

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

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

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… well as the incorporation of three new interior counties.[19] With this growth, the District evolved as it shed its infant skin and entered a stage…"