Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin Jr."

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

"Bangor Public Library. Microfilm. New York Times (Newspaper), October 18, 1871. Web. Tin Bridge Wreck Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper)…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"… factory operated for several years, starting in 1871. This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… 1880 1870 rye, winter wheat - 20 acres planted 1871 wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, beans, and potatoes - 166 acres planted apples - 19 trees…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… its present owner." (1864) He added a note in 1871, "Sold by J Robinson to an Irishman and moved to McGaws Brick yard April 6th 1871." The Mrs."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"Horses, obtained in Caribou in 1871, were used to plow and to assist in clearing the land the next summer."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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

"… Thomaston, 1871Thomaston Historical Society In 1871 Edward O’Brien established a shoe factory in the Carr O’Brien Block at the Upper Corner to…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… carpentry for houses and buildings from 1856 to 1871. The Weeks family resided on such Munjoy Hill streets as Beckett, Merrill, and Vesper."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Institution at 105-109 Front Street, was built in 1871. The date is on the front of the 3 1/2 story building."

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… This is a photo of Luther Gray, who was born in 1871 and died in 1949. He was a Hallowell City Marshall from 1920 to 1945."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… the Little River Dyking Company.” Chapter 533, 1871 ------ “An Act to Incorporate the Southgate Dyking Company.” Chapter 223, 1876 Boothby Papers."

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

"The official opening was held on October, 1871 with President Grant, Lord Lisgar, Governor General of Canada, Maine’s Governor, and many other…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The Stickney & Page dam was constructed in 1871. It replaced a earthen dam that was built in 1849. The Stickney & Pages dam was a reserve reservoir…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… Library Before the current railroad station, in 1871, MCRR built a station at almost the same location."

Thomaston Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Wilkinson was born in Cornish in 1871, grew up in Lewiston, and graduated from Lewiston High School."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… South Lincoln that was built by James Emerson in 1871, and turned part of it into a spool mill. He bought a lot of his equipment for the mill from…"

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

"Feb. 9 1871: Workmen are busily engaged upon the ice-breakers in the Sandy River, just above the new railroad bridge at this place."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The railroad was owned by E & N.A. Railroad until 1871. It was then unowned until Maine Central picked up the lease."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… & Maine Railroad in the early 1900s, was born in 1871. He was a station agent first at Pine Point and later at Oak Hill."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"In April, 1871, a group of farmers organized the Sandy River Cheese Company, the first in the state."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… in Brooksville who had 11 children) in 1871, Mina in 1874, and Charles in 1877. Her father Benjamin Lord lived with them, too, and her brother…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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