Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… 1915, became known as the Katahdin Pulp and Paper Company, part of Eastern Manufacturing Company of Brewer referred to as Eastern Corporation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Titcomb Maple Syrup Company can, Farmington, ca. 1920Farmington Historical Society As with other areas in colonial America, much of the trade was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Rockland, Blue Hill, Ellsworth Steamboat Company, which later became part of the Eastern Steamship Company, offered high class transportation to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… the British seized control of Castine in 1779 and American revolutionaries scuttled much of its navy in the Penobscot River, some settlers withdrew…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"All thirty-nine ships in the American fleet were either captured, burned or scuttled. The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the…"

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."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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