Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… stores were being built to supply the building boom due to the construction of the Oxford Paper Company across the Androscoggin River in Rumford."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… architecture built by men of wealth during the boom years of the 1920s. For John P. Thomas, who planned banks and palatial homes, the Great…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Other people just skied for fun. Stockholm-Boom and Bust The population in Stockholm had climbed from 715 to 1,300 in just 15 years."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… the river drivers guided the logs to Bangor and boom operators sorted the logs. Finally, the lumberman sawed the logs into lumber for shipment."

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

"… at just over 2200 during the 19th Century mining boom, entered a period of slow decline during the first half of the 20th Century and reached a low…"

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

"Boom Chain, Guilford, 1908Guilford Historical Society In late September of 1909, the boom strung across the river at Guilford Manufacturing Company…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… to hold up the massive sails which were called booms. Then they would stick it right into the center of the ship and hold it there with huge bolts."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… section of the Penobscot River during the lumber boom of the 1850s. In 1952 the most recent Stearns mill was built on the original site of the old…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Perkins, V.C. A Mining Boom in Maine: Blue Hill, 1876-1883, Reprinted from an issue in New England Quarterly. Porter Joseph W."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… not used as widely as they once were due to the boom in newer ships and better means by which to transport goods and people."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The body was found in Babcock’s Boom in what now is called Winn. Among the carrier bag were sixteen silver dollars."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Around 1880, the town experienced an industrial boom. A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"In 1834, Bangor's population was booming, its port was bustling, and it became a city. Churches, schools, and businesses that served the lumbering…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… of Main Street, Northeast Harbor A TALE OF BOOM AND DECLINE Text by Brook Ewing Minner and Hannah Stevens, with additional research by Parker…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… the town during the busy time? S: Well, it was booming. You know, people worked and every Saturday and Saturday night people would go downtown and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Next morning the booming of canon in the distance notified us that our advance had overtaken them. We rolled up our blankets, strapped on our…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"We were still in a boom despite the setback. A local restaurant rebuilt and enlarged; a furniture business expanded, a new car wash was constructed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… other places, the economy went through cycles of boom and bust and the County was not insulated from the effects of the Great Depression."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… R Braden March Song © 1922 (sung to the tune of “Boom Our State” also by Byron Verge) VERSE ONE There’s a song of triumph rising clear with a…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Washington, D.C., 1965Lubec Memorial Library The booming economy brought by the sardine industry resulted in more tax revenue for the town."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers. In response to this economic phenomenon, the population of the town began to…"

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