Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Many citizens had to go without food that consist of flour for a long while. Devastations went all over Kennebec County."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"That was a big devastation to all, especially people who have bought flour from Leigh and Wingate in the past."

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… from the open Atlantic, bringing Pennsylvania flour, West India sugar, and English cloth and hardware, returning with shingles, clapboards…"

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

"Profitable trading necessitated the shipbuilding industry, which later was to become synonymous with the name of Thomaston, well known in all…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… page 106, he drew the illustration of a corn and flour elevator with all available space packed with spectators watching to race."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"With the mill as an additional resource, the homesteaders were able to be a self-sustaining community. They left the island infrequently to trade or…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… was fierce and the widespread smuggling of flour, salt beef, and other goods into British territory became increasingly difficult to combat."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"The Flat Bag Department made bags for flour, groceries, clothing, confectioneries, and bread in more than 35 different sizes and more than 20 brands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil. They eventually shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York…"

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

"… Kimball’s story sold hardware, dry goods, flour, marine supplies and sundries. Between 1880 and 1910, Northeast Harbor grew to resemble the village…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… while inbound freight was fertilizer, grain, and flour. The railroad often stored the freight in the winter."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as well as oats for livestock."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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