Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… could only grow and prosper if supported by a good economy. Agriculture was the primary business of most residents of both towns during the 1800s…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Industry The presence of good water flow volume along the Madawaska Stream enabled Stockholm to become the industrial center of the Colony."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… only offer a means of transporting potatoes and goods from the factories, but the passenger rail system would provide a means for students to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Then something good happened. A local minister said that there was going to be evil that comes from NSAC."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… came from the annual distribution of annuity goods which the state provided as part of its ongoing obligation to the tribes for land obtained from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… had four groceries, one fruit stand, two dry goods stores, four stables, three blacksmiths, three building contractors, three plumbers, one masonry…"

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

"Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… to keep things cold, so produce, meats, and dairy goods would stay fresh longer. Lincoln Bank Check, Bath, 1853Patten Free Library There were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… I loved my grandfather and he was very very good to me and he had to have help pitching that hay."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… to open a trading house at the fort supplied with goods suitable for Indian trade. From as early as 1734, limestone was quarried on Limestone Hill…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… social philosophy, and especially provide a good picture of life in Blue Hill in the post revolutionary period."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… we have the stores we have now? The supply of goods we have now might not be around without him."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"… borrowed books when my teacher didn't have any good books. I have also gone to events at the library, like Halloween celebrations and Lego club."

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"His story was good enough to make it in the newspaper. Fredrick A. Edwards died from diarrhea on August 13th, 1984, in his home on High Street."

Abbe Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… daily attendance by students and teachers; Show good annual progress. The Community came together to celebrate at the school with a barbecue and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… when Phillip Soderquist, a teacher, applied a good right hook to a young tough from picking on smaller kids on the playground."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"The island was a good site to hunt seal and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"He seemed to care a lot for his family and had a good childhood. In a letter found in the suitcase he addressed Fannie as Aunt Fannie and Farnum as…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… the town with valuable shops, meeting spaces, dry goods stores and a barber shop. The Tuscan Opera House was built in 1891."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The apparatus of the department appeared to be in good order, and the personnel are certainly most promising."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Douglas as a draftsman. Douglas’s office proved a good training ground for Coombs. However, the opportunity was short-lived, for Douglas moved his…"