Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"… established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s landscape in 1969. The plant was located where present day McDonald’s…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… Europeans, only the southwestern tribes would disappear altogether--driven from their ancestral lands to disappear among the tribal bands to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"The old loyalties did not disappear right away, but in time, the players managed the transition from rivals to teammates, with the girls’ team…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"The boyish, shapeless, twenties style disappeared, replaced by a more feminine silhouette and longer skirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"… late 1880s, the bustle simplified in shape and disappeared by 1890. As fashions moved towards the next century, skirts lost the over layers and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… By Rick Sawyer How can an entire cemetery disappear? It would seem that it couldn't, but then where is it? The first settlers arrived in the 1760s…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… formal, stiff wide skirted cumbersome gowns had disappeared. In their stead was something totally different: simple high waisted nightdress-like…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… greatly and long waits for automobile ferries disappeared. Passenger and freight train traffic increased enough to justify the building of the 1941…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"Concurrently, James Sagurs realized the disappearance of his slave on the Susan and hired a vessel from Savannah to sail in pursuit of the cargo ship."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… native people who could easily adapt to the disappearance of species like the snapping turtle."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(M) Ghere, David L. "The 'disappearance' of the Abenaki in Western Maine: Political organizations and ethnocentric assumptions." American Indian…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The project waxed and waned, even disappeared for a while, until the Ladies Social Library of Blue Hill was established in 1868 with Mary Jane Clough…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… Future The town has seen its wood products base disappear, but changes in the first decade of the 21st Century reflect the optimism of its…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… most of these small, independent schools had disappeared. Some were demolished; others were used for other purposes in the community. Hugh J."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… to remain on the island after their jobs disappeared; others followed jobs to Rockland as those on the mainland followed jobs west."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… arrival Jernegan and Fisher, his assistant, had disappeared. Arrow drawn on photo points to Jernegan."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… for heating, once most of the good firewood had disappeared. Electricity was not introduced to Islesboro until the late 1920s."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the abundance of herring and demand for sardines disappeared. Throughout its history Lubec’s citizens have; through hard work, resilience…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Latin gradually disappeared from the curriculum. Along with the new curriculum came a new set of rules."

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

"… and manufacturers saw their overseas markets disappear. Business plummeted and ships languished."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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