Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Recently, the press has had stories related to a shooting and boats being sunk over territorial disputes! A reason for the local decline in observing…"

Skowhegan History House

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… has no substantiation in fact; rather, it may be related to the town of Rumford in England, from which some settlers’ ancestors had come."

Westport Island History Committee

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Greater Abomination: Ethnicity, Class, and Power Relations on Malaga Island, Maine, 1880-1912, 1991, Masters Thesis, University of Southern Maine…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"One resident of Phippsburg not related to anyone on the island who was affiliated with Phippsburg Historical Society shook her finger at me and said…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… rusticator is derived from the word rustic, which relates to country living. Rusticators wanted to live simpler lives, though they enjoyed the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… who was getting their power back, and all stories related to the ice storm. Q: What was it like outside? Was there a lot of damage near your house…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… major manufacturing center for a variety of wood related products. In the 17th century the British Navy required masts constructed from the massive…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… were originally from Brewer, Maine and had some relatives in Bangor. Since her parents were both medical missionaries, she moved quite a lot in her…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Bath through the nationwide depression and into relative prosperity in the 1880s and 1890s. At the same time, metal shipbuilding began in Bath with…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Merton O. Webber (no known relation to Walter Webber) was the second and last owner of the Webber drug business."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"With this plant, there is not. Gilman relates that in April, 1911, the existing cannery and smokehouses burned down (p. 212)."

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

"… and people in both communities knew and were related to each other. Trade and services were developing."

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of land; through this method, settlers received relatively inexpensive land and helped to eventually break the isolation of the area."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The property was purchased by A. H. Abbott (not related) after Samuel P. and his wife’s death in 1849, and continued the plan of the originator…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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