Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the janitorial work in 1926. The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"Fly Rod wrote her weekly columns about hunting and fishing. In the Maine Woods, Forest and Stream, The American Angler, Rod and Gun, and The American…"

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

"… in charge of all eight grades, earned $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local family."

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

"At the age of 15, she worked five nights a week and slept on a sofa in the office. She was allowed to sleep after 11 p.m., but farmers would wake her…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Barn raisings were the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty of good food."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"George Abbott, a Brewer fireman, was killed when a chimney from a house on Penobscot Street fell on him while he was fighting a fire there."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The property was purchased by A. H. Abbott (not related) after Samuel P. and his wife’s death in 1849, and continued the plan of the originator…"