Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the shaping of one of Daniel Webster’s “solid men.”.... “How to be dutiful, how to be conscientious, how to be genteel, and well-informed, in order…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Men and women built small farms along the fertile banks of the river, grew crops and raised livestock for themselves and to trade."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"You look, then out of nowhere two bulky men dart out in front of you and invite you to their secret meeting at the Masonic Hall."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… vessels, but it’s likely that some Scarborough men fished off shore on commercial vessels at the Banks or in recent years, aboard draggers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… for them." There is little doubt that to these men and women the mill work they had previously performed for Pepperell and Laconia was seen as a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… its population, than Rumford, and none had more men killed in action or died from wounds.” Rumford sent men to World War I, World War II, the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… Watch" Thousands of years before the first white men discovered the area, the Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands of Indians, including…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… on the island was not formed until 1792, when 15 men and women met in Southwest Harbor to form the Congregational Church of Mount Desert."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"It employed more than 700 men, women, and boys. The printing department alone employed more than 100 employees."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… on the fire whistle to call out all available men in town to help shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high school boys assisted 100 men."

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

"Lumberjacks were strong, rugged men that were very skilled and talented people. They were so strong that they made hard tasks seem simple."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Men and women have corresponding titles of address in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Between 1875 and 1880 the two men received seventy-five commissions for houses, churches, schools, business blocks, and factories."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… women possessed the same legal rights as men, including the abilities to independently purchase, own, or sell land."

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

"Manpower became a premium, as able bodied men were either drafted or enlisted in the armed forces. Many women were enlisted to do work in all…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… Porter Tailor Shop, which was tailoring for men. Then on November 12, 1943, Mr. Bennie F. Osgood bought the location."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… I would be nervous if I was a wife to one of the men that went to the war. I would not know if my husband would come back fine, if he would be…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Alive with new possibilities these men began settling uninhabited areas of Western Maine. (Liberty Men and the Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor) As…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Historical Society "The mission of the men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country...as soon as…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… and Philip Haigis arrived in Scarborough as young men and immersed themselves in the life and business affairs of their new home."

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

"Even though each village has its own features and businesses, residents almost always have community ties in the next village."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Condon, Richard H."