Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… to the region’s many rivers, streams, and lakes. The Androscoggin, Nezinscot, Ellis, Swift, Webb, and Twenty Mile Rivers all provided water power…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"X Maine State Temperance Camp-Meeting Sebago Lake, 1876 Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and security. Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony considering the moral…"

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

"This store was located on the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Alton, Pea Cove, South Lagrange, Lagrange, Boyd Lake, Milo, Sebec, Abbot, and Blanchard. It was made out of steel tracks, timber ties, railroad…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… in the rivers since it was moving water and the lakes provided fresh water. Another reason Aaron might have moved here was there was no one here…"

Acadian Archives

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… A vs B playoff game in 1976, Rumford High crushed Lake Region by 50 points, thus ending the A/B playoff for all future Maine teams."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Arrived to great fanfare. Gardner Lake, 1936 1897 - 1898 • Telegraph service established • Resort hotel Ne-Mat-Ta-No built in North Lubec by…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Songs of Labor Luther Hall's Camp - Grand Lake Narrows Sebois, 1920Patten Lumbermen's Museum From agriculture to industry, work and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Opera House, Presque Isle X Mantle Lake, Presque Isle, 1887Presque Isle Historical Society Economic development led to the growth of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"There is a Mooseleuk Stream, a Mooseleuk Lake, and a Mooseleuk Mountain. These are found southwest of Masardis just across the line into Piscataquis…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… eastern shore of the Kennebec and the Clarke and Lake Post in Arrowsic. Although some colonists persevered in the coming years, additional wars and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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