Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Running the Town Decades went by before a woman served in a municipal office. In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… died on July 21, 1861 at the Battle of Bull Run. The goal of the battle was to force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"16, 1878, and it was run by granite counterweights and had to be wound every week. The clock was electrified in the 1960s."

East Grand School

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tillson Testimonial

"Henry was among the soldiers killed when the Confederates drove the Unions from Bull Run, during the battle a cannon ball shot off both his legs."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"Small family run businesses and other self-employed families were able to weather the troubled times with mininal, if any, losses."

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"A man was found dead because he was running a generator in his basement due to carbon-monoxide poisoning and that's what happened on day 4 of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… playing cards by candlelight with battery-run radios humming to fill silence. Ice gripped the land with a hard hand as it softened neighbors’…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Ammunition Case

"… assume it was gathered from a battle like Bull Run. This battle occurred in Manassas, Virginia on July 21st, 1861."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… April 7th, “The bells of Biddeford and Saco were running on Tuesday, and 100 guns were fired in honor of the fall of Richmond."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"Mills are stopping in every direction, and probably not one-half of those now running will be in operation the 15th of August.”"

Phillips Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… engine through the woods to Surry and used it to run another larger mill atop Cunningham Ridge. This saw mill remained in operation until before…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"Grant and his running mate, Henry Wilson, took a train from Bangor to the rally, then returned home on the train."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"There are now two present owners that run the business, Robert Rankin and Susie Anderson. The hall was originally built in the early 1920s by the Odd…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… for the steamboat Rockland to add the town to its run. In 1867 the wharf was expanded, the Lewiston began regular stops there, and tourism took a…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… main had broke and Hallowell was worried it would run out of drinking water. A man from Newport died from carbon monoxide poisoning produced from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Thomaston ships made regular runs between England and the south in the cotton export trade and, as a result of close business associations, many…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… to Hallowell in 1851 it appeared that the long-running contest between “the wharf and the waterfall” – between maritime commerce and manufacturing…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"That person would run to the nearest hospital. Or someone would leave the injured person, quickly bike to a hospital, bring back a doctor, and they…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… of the blacksmith shop, which had been previously run by Nathan Parsons. An 1800 agreement between Knox and Jacobs stipulated that he was to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the river to the sea. The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… Buck in 1779 that dogs owned by the indians were "running his sheep into the ocean." He said he lived alone on the island, but evidently there was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"… this time and there was a large boardinghouse run by Mrs. John Leith for the quarrymen. During this period the town and the post office were named…"