Keywords: silver mines
Item 30905
Guilford Center Silver Mine workers, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Item 16115
Sullivan Waukeag Mine Buildings, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Sullivan and Sorrento Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sullivan; Sorrento Media: Photographic print
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Elise Fellows White: World Traveling Violin Prodigy
Elise Fellows White was a violinist from Skowhegan who traveled all over the world to share her music.
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Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron
"… go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"… were numerous gristmills, paper mills, three silver mines, and a foundry. Farmland dominated the rural area to the village’s west."
