Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Cunningham. His first sawmill was on Toddy Pond at the mouth of Sandy Brook. It was a small steam powered mill with a round rotary saw."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"LeVine, Sarah (editor), Toddy Pond, Hancock County, Maine, A History, 2005. Photographs, early postcards, and artifacts from the collections of the…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River until 1830 when dams were built to operate saw mills ."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… on Patten Stream, land which also features a small walking trail. Still a “happy home of hundreds,” today the little town of Surry retains much of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… Pond (Little Ellis) and Silver Lake (Ellis Pond or Roxbury Pond). Before Byron was named Byron it was called Skillertown, a name the Indians had…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… of opera floating out of an ancient barn in a small town in Maine. However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Welcome to Strong

"… and revisit some of the stories that shaped this small community and its inhabitants in the western mountains of Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"Desert homestead between the freshwater pond and the fjord which now carry his name. His family traded with Wabanakis who canoed to the area to fish…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… in size from fewer than two dozen members in small towns, to more than one thousand in some cities."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"This small grass-roots organization has developed a new commemorative trail called the Fly Rod Crosby Trail which will eventually stretch 45 miles…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"However, the wood mills turned this small town into a thriving community. Not only did they provide employment for the residents, but workers came…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… would be added, as well as two rooms for small group testing, and new gym bleachers. A special feature was a new handicapped accessible classroom…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… winter the building was often so cold that only a small area near the register was barely comfortable."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"The ponds were stocked with over 5000 trout. Sources: Mitchell, H. E. Cumberland and No. Yarmouth register, 1904. Reprint."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Later, gasoline powered trucks were used until the ice harvesting operation closed down around 1950. Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1915Islesboro Historical Society Meadow Pond, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society TURTLE HEAD AND MEADOW POND According to an…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and adjacent to Route 198 that culminated in the conservation in perpetuity along a two mile corridor…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"He served as Manager of the Jordan Pond House, a Trustee of the Northeast Harbor Public Library, the Acadia Corporation, the Union Church, and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was by now the economic and cultural center of…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Salmon Stream, and a small outlet from Davis Pond thus three areas; Guilford Village, Guilford Center, and North Guilford, each sprouting small…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… and around the islands, swimming in Lower Hadlock Pond, climbing and tramping across the bare summits and through the forest, all the while…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… over the mountain, past the west side of Worthley Pond, and continue southeast to the Sumner town line, which would then continue to the county…"