Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… and friends would all play softball in the yard with everyone who would come to their house. As far as sports were concerned, there was only…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… and New Wing - 1824 to 1843 Prison Yard Window Shades, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society Within four years, local builder…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… time of her launching from the Burgess O’Brien yard. Enormous crowds gathered to witness the launch of the 275’ ship."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Later shipments included eight columns 28 feet long for the Dutch Reformed Church in New York, stone for a bridge in St."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"I saved up $5 from babysitting and raking the yard to afford new school clothes this year. I didn’t have a job last summer, so I didn’t get any new…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"There were also many shipbuilding yards along the Kennebec and lots of workers building these ships."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"But a mere 300 yards from the U.S. mainland at Lubec, Maine. Ferry steamers navigated this narrow but treacherous arm of the sea beginning in 1882…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… Star Coater, which would be placed in the north yard of the Rumford Mill. This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… small store, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The yard goods sold at the store he operated at Newbury Neck came from Boston, New York and other ports in ships which Coggins owned."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And we had a couple of trees in our yard that we couldn’t get our cars out of our garage because the trees had fallen across the garage."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Water was in the streets, yards, and even in home’s. It happened because the ice was backed up under a bridge and the water overflowed."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… boys of all ages were invited to compete in 100 yard dashes. On the Fourth of July, patrons were enticed with the promise of “gorgeous fireworks!”…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Swanton arrived in Long Reach and built his yard and the first wharf in town at the foot of Federal Street, an area now covered by Bath Iron Works…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… nineteenth century kids would play in the school yard before school. When it was time for kids to come in a teacher would stand in the doorway and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… between three miles at its widest point and a few yards at the Narrows, depending on the tide. The bedrock geology of Islesboro and surrounding…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… suppliers of materials needed to construct the yards and vessels. Prosperity Eastport was captured and occupied by the British from 1814 until 1818…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"1910Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Freight Yards, Bangor, ca. 1905Bangor Public Library M.C.R.R. Station and Draw Bridge, Bangor, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… he ran down the stairs and out the door into the yard. The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"About 18000 cubic yard of earth have been received up to the present; 9000 from the Depot grounds in West Farmington, the west end of the bridge and…"