Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them. Fox farms were a very large business."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… 1911 Lubec Historical Society Or the least expensive, this stamped lithographed steel button with the safety pin on the rear, like those still…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… The new ultra modern facility was a bit more expensive than its predecessor coming in at a price of $90,000."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… of many mills, as they are less disruptive and expensive than trucks. There are train stations still in Lincoln from the past."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… many of the booklets, but not enough to pay their expenses or produce much of a profit. According to Mr. Newell's short biography of Mr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"Rumford experienced numerous expensive fires. The huge piles of pulpwood that were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… in later years, Burr noted the Sisters “spared no expense” to keep their members trained in the latest procedures."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"In 1965, the hospital’s total operating expenses of $2.6 million outstripped collectable income by $200,000."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… willingness of the town to fully furnish “without expense to the State, suitable buildings for the instruction of two hundred pupils for the term…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… the efforts of the Civil War, probably an expensive venture. There is also a large rock that one of the cables of the wire bridge is attached to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… 1822 tax bill shows that Crosby owned the most expensive house in town, valued then at $1,000. It is interesting that no stock or tons of vessels…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… a nickel and, when I look back on it, they (the owners) had a lot of expense, too. Still, we wished it was more, of course, and we did work hard."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Guilford and Sangerville split the expense. After the flood of 1987, Dwinal Hall and William Hume of Guilford organized the effort to rebuild the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Paine avoided the marsh by creating at his own expense a direct route from Dunstan to Stroudwater. This is the Payne Road of today."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Small fleets of faster, more expensive vessels fished for mackerel and Swan’s Island fishermen became experts in their field."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"It turned out that it was too expensive to mine and he lost that investment as well. Arthur’s brother, Walter, stayed in Bangor and, in 1886, went to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"He felt that coal would be too expensive and thought an electric railroad was the way to go. He approached the group that controlled the Aroostook…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Winter Street Church in 1965 to consolidate the expenses of maintaining two large facilities, according to a long newspaper article."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… Guilford gave the library $575 each year for expenses. Guilford Library with war memorials, ca."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… who lived on farms might be boarded at the expense of the town, or they were provided transportation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… associates.” A survey would be completed at the expense of the associates, those admitted, as settlers would have to meet certain conditions."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"In 1878, Curtis bought the largest and most expensive house in Deering Center, Maine. During the last months of his life he took an interest in…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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