Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Even as late as 1950 some farmers loaded barrels by hand. This picture on the right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"Even today, 185 years later, the first dam bed logs can be spotted when the water is low and the sun overhead, looking down into the river from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings. The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the rusticators."

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Wilson from 1915-1967. Even after he sold his business, Wilson still worked there until he retired in 1972. Wilson's Drug Store still stands today."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane survived her family; and even through the Indian hostilities, she quietly remained in her lonely home until she died there at the age of more…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Even though incorporated as a town in 1658, residents still identified themselves as being from Dunstan, Oak Hill, Pine Point or other neighborhood…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… that there will be new guests that I haven’t even heard of. I am so excited, I just can’t go to sleep."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… of Routes 2 and 6, in honor of his father, even though Jacob never fought in the war. We also know the monument as “The Soldier’s Monument,”…"

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

"Even as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories. Former potato farmer Larry Park talks about starch factories in Presque Isle."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Railroad linking Portland to Montreal expanded even further opportunities for trade and jobs. Also, Canadian tourists no longer had to endure long…"

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

"It was not a strong wind or even a rough sea. Some men of Pine Point, including Harold, would haul their traps by starting at Prouts Neck and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"At one time there were five different schools located in Byron. The last school closed in the 1940s, but the building still remains and is used to…"

Westbrook Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… were here before you and your parents and maybe even your grandparents? W.A. Brown had some of the biggest businesses, so he kind of paved a path…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… and the people of the community might feel even more scared because the risk of getting hurt or killed is greater."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Even today, there are clues to the past: The A.G. Page on the door step, the A. Hallet's Drug Store clock, and the words Thompson's Corner right on…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Cohen School) and Bangor High School. She knew she wanted to be a writer and editor at a very young age."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… Society Attending North Lubec Elementary school, later Avery commuted to high school in Lubec’s village, class of 1916."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"The soil is rich and supports farming even today. With such fertility and abundance, it is no wonder that humans have lived and flourished here for…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other business ventures, in order to provide better lives and opportunities for their families."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… the war, I would not know what to do! I can’t even think of what he must have been going through."