Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the acoutrements for both a tight body and a sloven hay racks…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… dollars was eventually raised, a school board elected, and the first school was kept in the loft of Capt John Bennett’s shed until the first school…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"St. Mary of the Isles and Christ Church provided places of worship for this summer community. The Dark Harbor summer residents enjoyed the pleasures…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"They were mainly used for the grocery, fruit trade, and butcher business. The great paper bag manufacturer employed hundreds of young women, and many…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the early 1860s."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"This practice was kept up by more than fifty years. Each family would contribute and haul their proportion of the fuel, which was used in an open…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"By 1814, the tiny town of Bangor with 850 people had seen its share of hard times. Yet its greatest hardship would come in the late summer when…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"All of these people had a hand in creating the town of New Portland. They helped it grow, employed townspeople, and made use of the resources found…"