Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… south end of Main Street where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… body was found in Babcock’s Boom in what now is called Winn. Among the carrier bag were sixteen silver dollars."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… that shallow grave on Burnt Knoll, that pasture has been called “Murder Field”, on what is now known as Burbank Hill. Return to Student Research"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… the Peru Historical Society received a telephone call from David Caldwell-Evans of London, requesting information about Leonard Trask."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… "Dixfield Universalist Circle of Industry”—later called the Ladies’ Aid Society. The fine tone of the bell is accounted for by the fact that a Mr."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Prevention was interwoven with “the science called Bacteriology.” Treatment of various germs and the destruction of tissue required the study of…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Called to Harvard in 1835, he taught modern languages there until 1854, when he resigned to devote himself to writing poetry."

Bangor Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… were placed specially constructed wooden boxes called accumulators, for collecting the gold content of the seawater that flowed through them."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"However, at one point Bangor also had what was called the Bangor Plan, which allowed hotels and such to serve alcohol if they went to court and paid…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The tribes east of the Connecticut River were called the Abenaquois and this name was confined to the valley of the Kennebec River."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The north part of town was still called Upsala for a while, but in 1911 the name Stockholm was the town’s final name."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… 2nd through September 15th a category 3 hurricane called Hurricane Carol tore through New England covering all of Connecticut, Rhode island…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The "cachet", as it is called, is a 2” x 2” square with a picture of an airplane and it reads: "Honoring Guilford Low, First Baby Boy Born in…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… in Frenchboro, Athens, and Malaga, towns they called a “blot upon the state.” they considered many of the recipients of state aid to be freeloaders…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Some of the spruce gums Curtis & Son made were called "American Flag," "Yankee Spruce," "White Mountain," "200 Lump Spruce," "Licorice Lulu," "Trunk…"

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

"… who shared the idea of canning small herring they called “sardines” to compete with real sardines from Europe."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Before Gould had a chance to re-locate, Merrill called the deal off. He had decided to get married and stay in Bangor."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"It was called The Lubec Packing Company, the first among scores of factories that would eventually line Lubec’s waterfront. Soon thereafter E.W."