Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… drawn by neighbor, summer resident, and civil engineer, Joseph H. Curtis of Boston. The Savages granted the cemetery property with a reservation of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In 1927, the society, along with the town engineer, proposed razing numerous buildings on Main Street, replacing them and widening the road."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… to Mount Desert Island each summer was landscape engineer Joseph Henry Curtis (1841-1928). Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The Callahan boat operator slacked off the engine and a worker threw a rope, which became entangled in the outboard engine of the flat bottom boat…"

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

"… spent on wood and payments, the mill made about a 10% profit. Even though Strickland's Mill is now shut down it played an important part in New…"

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

"They would pay 10 cents to get on a ride and the favorite was the swings. Another favorite attraction for Ms. Gorman and her friends was the food."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"On this day, 21 July 1951, the Cappy’s engine stopped and would not start. Harold went up on the bow and threw his newly purchased anchor overboard."

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

"… little sad because so many died.” Robert Wallace, 10. “Terrible. It was terrible. When you hear a word of it, you can see it in your head."

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

"Voice of Miriam Kelley Doherty 2 min 10 sec  “The boat was gunwales down, and as she turned on her heel, rolled in the water, and sank beneath…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… history, “during a particularly foggy year, two 10-inch whistles were in operation 1,402 hours, consuming 128,085 pounds of coal.” By the turn of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… employed every male resident over the age of 10 in the Washington County town of Lubec.” Lubec’s 20-foot tides were harnessed to power plaster and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week. The teacher usually boarded with a family in the area. Dyer School Building, cr."

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

"… teachers in charge of all eight grades, earned $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local family."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Over the course of the next 10 years, Fly Rod would attend several such exhibits all over the northeast."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"The fisherman would go out and sometimes catch 8-10 fish a day. These days, people will catch one or two fish a day."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… students, the grave marker was replaced with a 10 foot tall monument. This monument honors them for their service to local education."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… started with Sunday school, followed by 10:00 a.m. worship service and an afternoon session from 1:00 until 2:30 or 3:00."

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

"Students performed in the top 10 percent in state assessment scores in both reading and math. Geneva Wood Fuels bought the former Forster…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Ames on January 10, 1864. He went to prison in the same year. People say that he died in prison in the state of Georgia on March 3, 1865."

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… present was available that weekend at a cost of 10 cents. Land for the airport was purchased from Lida Libby and George Eastman."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… is still going strong and remains the engine of the local economy. Young Edmund S. Muskie with his siblings, ca. 1922Edmund S."