Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"Cities of Smoke and Soot Aftermath of Harmon's Corner Fire, 1911McArthur Public Library Headline about the fire which consumed Biddeford's…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"… University of Southern Maine CITIES OF SMOKE AND SOOT An introduction to Biddeford and Saco's tumultuous fire history."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance Solon Wilder Men smoking"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… as long as Lubec had been Lubec, and even before, smoking herring for markets away had been a leading industry with many ups and downs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… brown most generally cut frock coat and as a rule smokes a cigar while in the streets." He also wrote, "Mr Boynton is a man of his word about his…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"McCurdy Herring Smokehouse Part I: How They Smoked Herring in Lubec Section 1: A Traditional Process in Traditional Buildings McCurdy…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Smokehouse Section 2: Six Steps in Producing Smoked Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… end of the raft as they drifted with the tide, smoking their pipes or sculling violently with single fourteen foot wide bladed oars to keep the…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell cures first herring by smoke in Lubec, a process learned in Nova Scotia 1798 • Eastport (Moose Island) incorporated –…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… custom slaughtering and processing, and in house smoking. It is also the home of the so called “wicked good beef jerky.” At this time Thomas and…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… a little “museum” of some items important in the smoking process. It is also provides a demonstration of how tradition can accept innovation."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lubec would become the national leader in smoked herring production. Smokehouses and the many brush weirs that supplied herring lined the shore."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"The only thing left was bad smoke and heat damage. Later, on the Mansion was rebuilt to its former glory."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… triangulation was born mostly from the lack of a smoking gun, a document like a diary entry or meeting minutes or letters, that clearly spell out…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They cut and split firewood. They pickled, smoked and dried meat and fish. They tended the livestock. They planted the crops and harvested them."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… him lenghways and shave the bristles off and smoke him and it comes here called Bacon. Our Brigadier General has got A cow and out of 17 men about…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… eyes, blackened countenances from pitch pine smoke, rags, and disease, the men look sickening. The air reeks with nastiness.” Another prisoner…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… River provided great amounts of salmon, which was smoked and stored for later use. The forest provided game for the table."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"I've never been able to taste meat and smoked fish, my nourishment is nothing, but Indian corn. Father Rasle was a strong believer in Christianity."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… went off and Hall started to see the columns of smoke coming over the city. They told the town that they would give as much water as they could."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… for the structural losses due to water, smoke, and fire damage. Webber’s store wasn’t the only store damaged by the fire."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the other mainstay fishery industry in the area, smoking herring. They were a natural resource that supplied tasty fast food, the means of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… The pencil says, “You will make no mistake if you smoke The John R Braden Cigar. ‘It Can’t Be Beat’."