Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville was showing movies Thursday evenings at the Masonic Hall."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Ladies' Third Annual Banquet, Farmington, 1893

"… the end of February probably everyone needed an evening to look forward to. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… cutting was a crucial part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers, heavy drills, and jeans for military use."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"The kids even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the blacksmith was once located! Quarry Exhibit Slideshow…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… card playing, provides a program of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and information about, comments…"

Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station

"… A An Adult Q Did you still go to work? A Yes, I even had to drive over electrical wires in the road to get there."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"They would do two milkings on one farm one in the evening and one the next morning. When they went to Oxbow, they would spend the night."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… continued to plague would-be land speculators and even governmental officials looking to bring White settlers into the region to bolster British…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"He was the main reason we even have a soccer team here at PCHS today. Mr. Sweeney was a big fan of the game and that’s why he had it started."

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"… were without heat and power for days or weeks even. For heat some people sat in their cars which is a big danger because you might get carbon…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"… Museum One-row diggers were still used even after tractors were introduced. The tractor powers the mechanical parts of this digger through a drive…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor Daily Commercial 13 October 1937, Evening: 1, 6. Print. Inside Story of the Brady Gang Reign of Terror. Bangor Daily News 13 October 1937: 6-8."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… have consumed landmark buildings, businesses and even entire city streets. The widespread destruction that these blazes caused often required the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… be a variety of races for the kids and in the evening there often were fire works. Fourth of July lobster bake, Swan's Island ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels. Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec River waters have taken over the shore lines and even some houses have been considered ruins in what is now left of the shores of…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… innovation and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood from the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"He got wet and slimy, and it was awful. Even the horse went crazy from all the black flies. When he was in seventh grade, Albert had a paper route…"

Oakfield Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… men who served in the United States military and even a few who served in the Confederate Army, we realized that the Civil War had a dramatic…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Even Irish Point, one of the earliest areas of settlement, had a store. Travel around the island was by foot, carriage, or animal so it was…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… faced threats and lawsuits from rivals, and some even paid multiple sets of proprietors for their land to avoid eviction."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The storm lasted for days. Some people even died because they didn’t have heat or their heater gave off killing fumes."