Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… House, Cambridge, 1881NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Ca."

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… up in the small town of Robbinston in eastern Washington County, population around 400. There was a small family band called Stanhope’s Orchestra…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… vaudeville stages including in New York, Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia. After Dunham’s rise to popularity in 1925, he published fiddling…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… fraternal order, established in 1864 in Washington, DC. Centennial, Knights of Pythias Hall, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Behind the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… of New Hampshire and appointed by President Washington as the first officer of the Revenue Cutter Service, came to remote Eastport and Lubec during…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… on the front porch are Douglas fir, imported from Washington State and Oregon. Some of the people who owned the bed and breakfast after the…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… National Park for the Performing Arts outside of Washington, DC, gave the company its first official tour."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"The Cohen Group is a business in Washington, D. C. that helps American businesses in foreign markets."

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

"… a farmers’ organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. and through it, Grange chapters sprang up throughout the country."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… in places like Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, Washington and Boston, what was it about Maine that attracted them to play in Old Orchard Beach…"

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

"Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning. The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… and Aroostook County which was separated from Washington County in 1839 coincides with the expansion of the western United States more so than the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… War, General Henry Knox, who served under George Washington as Secretary of the Department of War, began acquiring large parcels of the Waldo…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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