Keywords: Mill Number Five
Item 21468
Sanford Mills, Mill #5, Allen Street, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 9004
Bailey Oilcloth Factory, Skowhegan, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1890 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC
In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2
"The mill could not compete with the growing number of mills in the state. 1893: New owners N.M. Jones and James B."
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru
"The number of votes was kept to keep track of the growing number of settlers. At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
