Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the sewing circle is a generous and philanthropic group, providing meaningful donations to several town organizations each year."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. There was a special law on the books of the State of Maine entitled “an…"

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

"In 1833 a new group of investors chartered the Bangor and Piscataquis Canal Rail Road Company with the State."

Prince Memorial Library

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

"With the previous two cannery group portraits there is a mystery why they were made. With this plant, there is not."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook Falls in New Brunswick. The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad saw this as a threat to business and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… were several musical organizations, the first group of organized musicians that is recorded was in the late 1800s."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A group from each town met to organize their own fundraising. Many people canvassed the area asking for donations."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of Mathematics at Harvard and leader of the group of scientists who wished to record the eclipse, had to obtain permission from British forces, who…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Monday Club, The Evergreen Club, The Art Study Group, The Lunkhead Club, The Literary Society of West Farmington and The West Farmington Village…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"A group of businessmen formed a committee to build wharves that would accommodate the new ships. On August 31, 1893 the S.S."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Curtis are among this group of noted Bangorians. Each did are are doing things to make themselves famous, and they changed history for the better."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"These groups were known as fireside or parlor schools. As the town grew, so did the number of schools."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"And a new non-profit group, Friends of the Zorach Fountain, completed restoration of the “Spirit of the Sea” in 2005."