Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which were located on the site. Prominent local businessman and politician Joseph Parker…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… posts, concrete and granite sidewalks, street trees, and removal of overhead wiring. Meanwhile, the library trustees turned the property over to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown. When Keith got to the fox pens his Pa wasn’t ready for the fall harvest."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… 1830s, Samuel and Amasa Sweetser were grafting trees and developing new strains of apples. Their son Frederick was an early member of the Maine…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"… will ever rest on us children under the old roof tree…so long as memory of our dear parents lives within us." She was the last family member to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Scraping the resin from the trees was painstaking work, and bits of bark, twigs, and leaves were often mixed in with the sap."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… farm fields and pastures now lay dormant and with trees growing or houses built in them, Farmington still has several working farms dotting the…"

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

"… to the West Village in the year 1812 and felled trees and started a carding mill, hauling the machinery from Lisbon by the way of Strong."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… entire existence, but she did linger in the Pine Tree State. Mary Snow was never married, and she never had children."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"In the fall, trees are ablaze with a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… they re-established their businesses; cleared trees; built dwellings, wharves and stores; and returned to the pursuit of their lucrative border…"

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

"… marked with stone pillars and planted out with trees. Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected monuments such as the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… spruce and a scattering of beech, birch and maple trees. Fish and clams were plentiful, as well as wild duck. Wildlife included fox and mink."

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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