Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"I had to feed them fish and meat. It stunk very bad, but they like it. We only have a few foxes, but we’re working hard to buy more. Day 100…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… were both farming communities, from our earliest days, and remained so for most of our shared history."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Brook trout X Trout Farming Trout farming was established in Cumberland around 1902 when William H."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The mill put in an elevator so that grains could be loaded directly into the rail car. (More about the railroad arriving in Farmington.) During the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"In our collection, we have a “Day Book” or ledger dating back to 1797. This ledger appears to track his business – some sort of store."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the dam on both the Farmington Falls…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… but for his direct impact on the day-to-day operations of a community in its infancy. It is rumored that Belcher also taught the children of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"n.p., 1984. Day, Clarence. Farming in Maine, 1860-1940. Orono, ME: University of Maine Press, 1963. Graves III, Richard A."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the plant. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… first cornfields at Meductic (south of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… the changing landscapes from 1794 to the present day. Google Earth also has the ability to show altitude, and viewers can rotate the landscape for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Freight service consisted on one train a day every day covering the entire route. Trains frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"In 2010 the Dixfield Historical Society acquired over thirty diaries from the former Nelson Rose farm, located near Aunt Hannah’s Brook."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"The farming region existed above the Falls, especially in the East Rumford area. For 10 years after Chisholm’s first visit to the area the region…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… come and go: spruce gum, several lumber mills, farming, mining of phosphate, and even gold mining, which continues today."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The buildings and land surrounding it remains much the same now as in early days and is still called The Gregory Inn."

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

"When mill owner Charles Forster died, his estate funded a 16-bed hospital. Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Peruvian independence was proclaimed on the same day. The Maine town honored the South American country by the adoption of the name Peru on its…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He said that he had spent most of the previous day taking care of his sheep in a pasture far from the Libby house."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Transportation Before the days of automobiles, horses were the means of transportation. People treated their horses well, and most towns had one or…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle mill, corn and barley gristmills. At the same time, many East Surry men, along with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… traveled from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss the building of…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia lived to 102, eight days before her 103rd birthday. Stephen Stanislaus was born to the Penobscot tribe in Mattawamkeag in 1831 by his mother…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… he would be missed by his comrades during the days to come. John was a Marine that he was proud to have had in his command, as he knew she was…"