Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… New Hampshire came over to help reconnect power lines but they only sent theirs over when there worst places were completed."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints. At its height in 1866, there were two hundred people working at the mill at one time."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… two quick strokes of a tiny axe, and then running lines the whole length of the raft with a clove hitch over each pin."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines for seventeen years. After leaving the Delta, he went to work in landscaping and plumbing, which is his job…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"The Ridlonville line started at the Congregational Church and extended along the Androscoggin River to beyond the Farrington Cemetery to Duntile…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails. Sails were cut and sewn at the sail lofts of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… and wires along the corridor, proposing that many lines be put underground and where necessary, concentrating all lines on one string of poles…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Old House was occupied in summers by the Phillips line of Savage descendants. John and Climena Savage's "Old House" Built ca. 1820, photo ca."

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

"The towns had two lines running through them. The earliest, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, had opened in 1848 and later became the Grand…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… after daylight on Tuesday morn, we formed in a line of battle in the woods and marched out across the battlefield and barged on a fort, the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines and dots, animals, words, the faces of coins, and more."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"The grounds were lined with carts and stands for the sale of liquor, cakes and other refreshments. It took two more years for the structure to be…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Maybe somewhere down the line this is her relative. There could be a possibility that her family actually came from Buckfield, Maine."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… market for fresh fish, and the expansion of rail lines resulted in a greater distribution of product."

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

"No. 11 Paper Machine was installed and brought on line in 1924. By 1930, 30 years since its beginning, the Rumford Mill was the country's leading…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… The Maine State Museum provides an excellent on-line resource for more information about Malaga including classroom curriculum for teaching the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"That boundary change is delineated here with the blue line. Click here for more bridges Return to Online Exhibits"

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

"No. 15 Paper Machine would come on line in August 1980. These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all other operations."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Long and Straight? Tuttle Road follows a straight line from the coastline to the interior. It is called a range road or rangeway, and there are…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Canned goods from S.S. Pierce lined the shelves, and they carried nearly everything on could think of."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was added shortly before the building burned down in 1902. After the building burned down, construction began."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."