Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the present day, farmers, fishermen, merchants, educators, artists, summer…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Most pickers could fill 20 to 40 barrels per day. Conditions such as a rocky or weedy field or digger break downs could hinder the amount of barrels…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

"… Trolley Museum Description Opening day in 1910 of the Aroostook Valley R.R. in Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Memorials 1900

"Thompson. Presque Isle Memorial 1900 Mostly Marble in those days View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"March ye 2, 1767 VOTED to clear a Burying Place and fence it one Day. And again they met three years later: To see if the inhabitants of the Town…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Twelve Lubec school children drowned that day, June 19, 1936. A summer day, after school ended for the year, created for picnics and the usually…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… were two trains that crossed the bridge that day, carrying a total of 2,500 people with 880 of them coming from Rockland and other places along the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… has been standing, there have been many good days and several bad ones. 1806 Deed: William King to Ledyard and PalmerPatten Free Library A…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"This process took a good portion of the day. Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place."

Friendship Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… surnames on the island were Chatto, Fogg, Cain, Day, Friend and Marks to name a few. Historian Captain R.G.F."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… View of Main Street Ridlonville from Day Hill, 1908Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by Mexico…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"They also learned how to do "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"West Peru Grammar School West Peru Grammar School, c.1940Peru Historical Society In 1991 Peru joined School Administration District 21 with…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"1922Lincoln Historical Society Day 3 (November 19, 1938) I had my first full day at the fox farm today. I had to feed them fish and meat."

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…"

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

"… County Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates the hand…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The Central School burned December 24, 1906, and in 1907 a new school was built and named Abbott School for Elizabeth Abbott who had originally…"

New Sweden Historical Society

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

"… of Logging in Northen Maine” UNIVERSIY OF MAINE PRESS, 1989 Charles Morrow Wilson “Aroostook: Our Last Frontier” Stephen Daye Press, 1937"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"… number of full barrels wanted by the end of the day. It is important that the section is not too long or too short."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I do the same thing every day. I only have a few breaks in my day. I wash blankets and sheets, clean bathrooms, sweep, and also clean the guests'…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… Forgotten Community By Rick Sawyer In the early days of the settlement of Maine many of the communities were located along the coast and on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… about $1,700 each so we made a lot of money that day! It took three carrier trucks to bring all of the farm trucks to Presque Isle."