Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"Fish Hill is seen in the background with the Methodist Church tower seen on the left in front of the hill."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… was shipped in sawdust to keep from melting, and fish. The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"Foremost, of course, were lobsters, but other fishermen still pursued fin fish. If the island's seagoing tradition had diminished, the summer…"

Milbridge Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"They then followed the trail to the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… was a clarifier put into beer made out of fish gills and tongues. After four years, a more economical and efficient way of creating the isinglass…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"We know this house today as the Corro House, located on West Broadway where the Lincoln Historical Society is."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… many of Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… gardens, hunted game in nearby woods and lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the river."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Malaga Island Archaeology Fish hook excavated on Malaga Island By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X Even though Malaga was frequently in the press, not…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish, and gathered plants for food, medicine, and raw materials."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… across the country for its lobby, known as the "Fish Pond," were young ladies lingered, "fishing" for husbands."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"They then followed the trail to the last house, which was log and belonged to Mr. Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The Skowhegan Island Skowhegan dam X Fishing on the Kennebec X by Kate Hodgdon, Scott Clarke, and Gus Hoy Skowhegan Island has been a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"William and Phoebe Royall settled on the eastern side of the Royal River. They built a house and farmed land between the Royal (Wescustogo) and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"Ingersoll in 1923. Ira Fish's gristmill used to be where the library is today. It is located at 11 West Broadway, Lincoln, Maine."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area on fishing and trading expeditions, as was true for Matthew Patten."

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

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

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

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes. Foxes were fed fish and horse meat. When it was time for the foxes to be skinned, they were skinned in…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods. Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price…"