Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… Sweden Historical Society A group of Swedish men became United States citizens when they traveled to Houlton in 1875."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"I’ve known a lot of wonderful men, I have one as a husband. But they were very, very patient, you know, they were so patient, and here I am tipping…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… up three hundred thousand young good and true men to their distant & mournfull graves, and three thousand Millions in treasure to admit our…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… rented a house and "In a short time the young men who cared but little about Character visited the house in dozens and some disgracefull and noisy…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… saws/Have now gone to decay/And the business men who built them/Have long since passed away. Separate Neighborhoods By the late nineteeth century…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner One of the men in this picture was City Marshal, Edward W. Maddox."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… be brought using buckets and then pumped by two men to create a half inch wide stream that could reach up to 60 feet! This took lots of effort but…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Liberty Men and Great Proprietors. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. "A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Generations of men and women have worked the sea to support their families. And as gravestones through Mt. Desert show – many were lost at sea."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"Farmington men who received the Deferred Classification designation included: Warren Ames, Leroy Butterfield, Walter Cahoon, Arthur Corbett, George…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… the improvement been greater than in the management of the mails which is so vital to the business interest of any community. (Small, 235-237)"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… helped Hallowell because it provided jobs for men, women, and children. The Cotton Mill helped the economy of Hallowell because it brought money…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building. The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"There were about 300-400 men who worked there. On a regular work day for them, they would wear pants and long sleeved shirts for the cold weather."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… manners discussed were universal suffrage for all men over 21, the power of the legislative branch and representation in the legislature from small…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"After the end of the war, though, the men returned home to their jobs in the mills and back to regular production."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors consisted of numerous men and women holding fractions of a share. Although female heirs voted and affixed their…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Private households and businesses first brought electricity to Swan's Island by purchasing generators."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women were expected to replace them in the workforce, and people of all ages…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"There were 18,000 men that were in the battle. Towards the end of the battle, the Union was only left with 2,200 men."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"During the war more than twenty-five regiments received Lincoln men in the Civil War. I think all the people that fought in the Civil War were really…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Ice men are guiding ice blocks toward the steam-powered conveyor belt. This belt lifts the blocks up, into the ice house for later shipping."

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"Three thousand five hundred men were employed in Maine's granite industry and their produce brought more than two-and-one-half million dollars to the…"