Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and cable set into a small rocky island, Ringbolt Ledge, till they could safely get…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"The Susan had shipped a cargo of lime and hay from East Thomaston, Maine, to Savannah, Georgia, and was to be repaired in that town."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"A ticket was only $6.00! Horse-drawn wagons were often lined up all the way from the river to the Main Road waiting their turn to off- or on-load…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"The demand for Maine potatoes and starch changed the economy from the pioneering days when farmers sold locally to lumbermen to a supplier of starch…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… were sold to some of the wealthiest families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… Belcher’s beautiful garden, and Margaret went to Boston, and spent four thousand dollars in furnishing it, so that now commence the married life in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"The buttons, considered useless, were carelessly thrown into a barrel. The rag picker took the barrel home, and dumped its contents on the ground."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"But those same folks coming from Boston or New York could enjoy the fineries provided by fresh linen on both tables and beds, because Farmington also…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He later served as a selectman and representative to the General Court. Supply Belcher's Fowling Piece,c a."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston. His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road that was US Route 1 from…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… of Asa Rogers and finished recently.” By May 15, Knox had pressed the Quick Lime into service by shipping lime to Wales & Beale in Boston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… John Beauchamp of London and Thomas Leverett of Boston. In June 1630 five passengers were sent on the sailing vessel Lyon from England to establish…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"I was able to scan roughly two hundred documents and old photographs referring to Malaga and it's people."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… on the Second Tuesday of September to receive any communications which may be offered by the said settlers. HKnox. Boston, August 1798.”"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Railroad soon followed. About this same time, the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company launched weekly trips to coastal stops and then went on to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Bunting was borrowed from Boston, and British flags from Canada. Citizens and businesses were encouraged to decorate windows, and the paper carried a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where the raw…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Soon a second kiln was added to meet the demands of trade and lumber was added as cargo. Encouraged by this profitable business, Waldo gathered…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and cordwood, returning with cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"The real problem was getting the crops to market because the roads were seasonal and in very rough shape. In mud season it was particularly difficult."

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"Another found the military kit, family records, and correspondence of Alexander Crawford, a farmer from Skowhegan who had fought in the Civil War."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… it, all nationally-known acts contracted through Boston and New York agencies that included singing and dancing comedians, musical comedies…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… as a correspondent for the Transcript and for the Boston Evening Gazette. From Rome she also sent stories to the Saturday Evening Post of…"