Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"No hotels. No spas. No second homes or cottages. Nothing. Ironically, a few descendants now store some of their lobster traps and fishing gear there."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The Penobscot House was a hotel located in Lincoln Center and was a stopping point for people traveling on the steamboat."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… the Municipal Building; The Strathglass Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park. All of these buildings are works of art in themselves."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… from thirst," he wrote until a waitress in his hotel told him about, or rather hinted about, a gin-mill in nearby Robinhood, "I must say, regarding…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… run by William Chaloner who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built in Lubec • Brush weirs for the capture of herring came into…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The stable and shed and the hotel was a total loss. With the high winds and lack of firefighting equipment it was a miracle that more of the business…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… destroyed the Columbian Hall and the Columbian Hotel on Front Street between Elm and Summer Streets."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… performers often boarded at private homes or area hotels, which provided a boost to the local economy."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M. Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas. Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W."

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

"… for the large tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and Higgins Beach and Prouts Neck."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went. On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Newspaper) The Willows The Willows Hotel, Farmington, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Perhaps higher education for girls was less…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… 1859, Presque Isle grew large enough to support a hotel, a school, newspapers, churches, and various stores; moreover the extension of the military…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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