Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… been tough to do that when the tressle wasn't even built until September 1870, when the first train came across the river with materials for the…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… is difficult to judge what exactly was going on even using the Zoom feature. Perhaps lids were being pressed onto the filled cans waiting on trays…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… lumbermen a natural highway to national and even international markets. Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… following winter of 1817 was bitter cold, testing even the most hearty of folks. The history books say the cold weather was most likely caused by…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… racing was so popular during this time that even sporting teams did not elicit the same amount of interest that the contests between the local…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Historical Society James continued to serve even after the end of the Civil War. In July 1865 he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant of…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… documents, ephemera, books, photographs and even the very burlap sack carried by Farmington’s first settler, Stephen Titcomb."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… prospered as well, with some sardine canneries even operating herring smokehouses. American Can Company, Lubec, ca."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine. In 1880, Curtis was in the farming business near Gothenburg, Nebraska."

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

"1764 and located near the Church, was even eventually moved down to this new center. Walnut Hill Village The Buxton Tavern (known as the Red House)…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… commerce, as a watery road to the interior, or even as a barrier to land transportation, the Kennebec River played a central role in shaping the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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