Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"The fair food has changed a lot. When she was young they had hamburgers, hotdogs, and soups. Now there is pizza and baked potatoes."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… mainly used for paddling in slow water, not the fast rapids of the untamed Kennebec. So the army people had to take the bateaux apart, carry the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… hit u and the ship started going right down fast… some of the crew members had one boat on one side, my boat was on the other side, in order to get…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… a January 21st Boston Globe headline, “Food Fast Vanishing in Snowbound Town.” The Globe wrote that Lubeckers were cutting down their fruit trees…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… spring, the winter ice on the river melted at a fast rate. Hallowell Flood 1936Hubbard Free Library Flood, Joppa viewed from Cotton…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… middle of the floor and didn’t move around very fast.” Reynolds also describes Elisha Salisbury’s meat market in the Knowles Company building."

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

"They were a natural resource that supplied tasty fast food, the means of employment and the basis of profitable investment."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… northern end of Presque Isle as new stores and fast-food restaurants clustered around the Aroostook Centre Mall."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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