Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"The stone was drilled, blasted, and lifted out of the pit. One man “motions” sprang up wherever there was a small field of stone to be carved by an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Long-time residents remember playing ball in the 'field' behind the house, which is not officially part of the property but had space for two teams."

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

"… Swan’s Island fishermen became experts in their field. "From 1874 to 1889 Swan’s Island fishing vessels took either the first or second place every…"

Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page

"His proficiency in the field of obstetrics earned him the title of "beloved physician". This "man midwife" attended 3000 thousand births in the first…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"The World Outside  2:43 Green Fields  3:41 He   3:03 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands   2:56 Climb Ev’ry Mountain   2:50 How Great Thou Art…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"Carnival, Fire Department, Muster Field, Hallowell, ca 1934Hubbard Free Library While historic Hallowell had the annual carnival as a fundraiser for…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec waters have flooded the ice field before they could be harvested. The Kennebec River has wrecked $1,000,000 worth of Hallowell all…"

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"This constituted one of the first field trials of a vaccine not only in the United States, but in the world, and the results Vaughan forwarded to…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… X The school year began with students taking a field trip in the fall to visit downtown Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Ice harvesters had to say goodbye to their ice fields when they were flooded. Also the harvesters ice shacks were taken by the wind and down the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the stone wall. A ship enters the harbor, while three other ships are under construction."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… been employed in labor upon the streets, blasting stone, preparing them for use, and in removing loom from the gravel pit and spreading it upon the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… western Maine will notice remnants of the past: stone walls that once enclosed open fields, lilac-shrouded cellar holes that once housed thriving…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"A memorial stone in the East Wilton cemetery states that his grave is in Gettysburg and his last words were “Tell my Mother that I died fighting for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… inland.” Just behind the Mall along the riverbank stone tools and stone boiling rocks spanning the last 3,500 years are plainly visible."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… war (only fifty-five names were actually carved into the monument). A stone marks his grave next to his parents at Oak Hill Cemetery in Brewer."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… unique blend of natural habitats, unique design, stone hardscapes, and hand craftsmanship. Ever vigilant of the natural landscape while not losing…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… too, but they also hunted, fished and worked as stone-cutters. Toddy Pond itself was not a pond, but rather a river valley known as Eastern River…"

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

"This stretch of Route 9 was marked with stone pillars and planted out with trees. Since the Civil War, many towns throughout New England had erected…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… Society During the winter of 1780, the stones for the first mill were brought from Winthrop over the ice and snow."

Colby College Special Collections

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