Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories proliferated along the Androscoggin, additional waves of immigrants, in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… of Maine (Regional School Unit 10) contains 478 square miles—more than any school district east of the Mississippi River."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… called for a man to stand on a platform one foot square at the top of the pole, forty feet from the ground, swing his hat in the air and give the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… bleached Kraft mill on the site of the current mill; and, in 1958, the mill switched from manufacturing sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of this month, or…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… and gave it approximately half of its 95 square mile area. Then other parts of the community sought their own identities and obtained legislative…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca. 1940Guilford Historical Society After World War Ⅱ, in 1947, Drapers Mill was founded by Fletcher Pride."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"1940-1950 Square shouldered dress with pockets, ca. 1943Maine Historical Society Fashion more or less stalled during the war years."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"The wind propelled 8 inch square cotton mill roof timbers into nearby buildings. The other half happily awaited the end of this horrible storm. Mr."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"Also in that year a new 53,000 square foot modern facility for sterilization of cotton tipped applicators was erected, centralizing all the medical…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… renovation and expansion that would provide 8,000 square feet of new space at the school. The project represented four years of effort by…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

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

"Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old saw mill which was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"A grist mill and feed store changed hands from M. L. Hussey to Frank Palmer. S. J. Jackson Company set up a Men’s Haberdashery."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… were placed in many towns or courthouse squares and parks. The members also gave battle-stained flags, mementos, and documents to local museums…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Desert rivers, each to be six miles square. At the same time, six other townships were granted east of the river. The future Surry was number 6."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… a huge dedication ceremony took place in Bank Square that was attended by hundreds of people. We Remember The Days - Guilford's Centennial…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society MILL CREEK The small settlement of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"New Portland is a tract of land six miles square, whose center is about five minutes south of the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude."

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

"… each man is furnished with A piece just 6 feet square on each edge there is A row of holes and another of Buttons."

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

"… and friend of Andrew Mellon, built the 7,000±-square-foot stone and shingle 5-chimney residence called Blythelyn. Mr. and Mrs."

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