Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… to the early 1890s acquired 1,500 acres for the grand total of $60,000. According to a very early survey of Islesboro, most of this southern land…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… that was held at the illustrious Poland Springs Hotel in Poland, Maine. Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… sheer opulence of these seasonal homes, all given grandly imaginative names such as “Bogue Chitto,” “Bournemouth,” “Chatwold,” and “Thirlstane.”…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Charles Bell and owned by the Forster Manufacturing Company. Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… Minturn, their house now being owned by her great-grand nephew. The quarry continued operation until about 1930, then closed abruptly one day…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Collections of Bangor Historical Society Maine's grand city hotel is said to have always served liquor by simply paying fines as the cost of doing…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"That home later became the Hotel Strong. Jeremy also built a mill, called Porter’s Mill, which made excelsior and other wood products."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Lubec staged a grand celebration in 1911 observing the Town’s Centennial on July 3rd and 4th."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… on the western side of town, where he built a grand two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home and a wharf on the river at a section, referred to the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Society 378 B674Q-b Athian Lewey, West Grand Lake, 1898Maine Historical Society Atbian Lewey at Grand Lake, Maine Jim M'Kin, 1898…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Grattan was purchased for that reason – and at a grand price. Allegedly, the purchase price for Grattan was $25,000! No matter, John R Braden still…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Riverside Park had enjoyed a grand run and the time had come to bid a fond farewell. Yet it wasn’t until 1918 that the official closing of the Park…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Completion in 1853 of the Grand Trunk Railroad linking Portland to Montreal expanded even further opportunities for trade and jobs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… leave home at least twice for work: once to go to Grand Lake Stream or Houlton and work at F. Shaw Brothers Tannery."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The grand new churches of the 1840s, still standing today, the Swedenborgian Church, the Winter Street Church and the Central…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"During the season workers came from Campobello, Grand Manan, Deer Island, and towns throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… as the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Grand Army of the Republic, Aroostook Rebekah and Olive Branch Encampments, Women’s Christian…"