Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… years it was and still is today operating as the American Legion Hall. The next building on the right is the Willis Bennett Garage."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… John Neptune, Governor of the Penobscot Native American tribe. The steamboat was owned by the Penobscot Navigation Company."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used them for crop fertilizer and fish bait, as well as food for themselves; early settlers…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"A decline in the number of Americans in the shipping trade decreased demand for vessels built locally, further affecting the industry."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Our ancestors were industrious with true American entrepreneurial spirit! Apples were viewed as the crop that would allow East Dixfield farmers to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… years of war presented a big challenge to all American industries. To the Oxford Paper Company the challenge was: How to keep producing paper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… as well as its place in the social life of many American communities, reflect the changes in society over the century that saw a shift from a new…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… Mercy Hospital When Mother McAuley responded to American bishops’ requests for Sisters, she selected her dearest friend and companion, Sister…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… the school achieved accreditation by the American Registry of X-Ray Technicians in 1957. Several new drugs and medical techniques were introduced…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Like other Americans, Mainers noticed that the flu seemed to be just as dangerous as the fighting. Private Harvey Foster received letters from…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"She was a Fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators (ACHA) and Maine Regent to the ACHA Council of Regents."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… and the Mansion House were entirely burned… the American Express Co. was also burned… A day later the Whig and Courier gave a further report of the…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… fine evening during a concert, a group of “Young Americans”, who seem to think the occasion to “run riot over the Common, yelling lustily”."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"The first school books were the American Preceptor, English Reader, Webster’s Spelling Book, Walsh’s Arithmetic, Greenleaf’s Grammar and Webster’s…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… though they enjoyed the amenities of a well to do American lifestyle and came from comfortable backgrounds."

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

"… of bridges and large buildings in fast-growing American cities. In 1836, eighteen large cargoes went out to be used in building the Charlestown…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The Native Americans were the first recorded people to have the religious faith of Catholicism in this area."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"5.Frank Hodgdon, “The Way It Was,” American Journal, 8 November 1995. 6.Susan Dudley Gold, ed., Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The heyday of American shipping was from 1815 to 1859, and shipyards were a significant employer of Surry workmen in Surry village, East Surry and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… the statewide trend, the decades following the American Civil War continued to be a period of growth on Swan’s Island."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site. And, no settlements resulted from early European explorations of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… she quickly became a fixture in the burgeoning American modern dance scene. She began teaching and performing regularly and soon, she began…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"The famous American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson and his family built an 18-room house on the island in 1904 after a successful stay at the…"