Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

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

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

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

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The grounds were spruced up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… In conclusion Miss Evelyn Pike unveiled a black granite tablet. The monument is on the Pleasant Street edge of the park, and reads “Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… their families adjacent to the tower and the granite Easternmost Point marker. Those in summer enter the Visitor Center, long desired by the State…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… equestrian statues of Union soldiers and heroes, granite shafts, tablets, urns, and mounted cannon. The GAR also encouraged the preservation of…"

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

"… and equestrian statues of Union soldier heroes, granite shafts, urns, tablets, and mounted cannon."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… was created with period lamp posts, concrete and granite sidewalks, street trees, and removal of overhead wiring."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"However, the largest industry on the island was granite quarrying--reportedly 150 workers were employed at a mine called the Brown & McAllister Mine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Maine Granite Industry Historical Society, Mount Desert Island High School teachers Mark Puglisi and Todd…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite quarry, Mount Desert, c.1890Maine Granite Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"16, 1878, and it was run by granite counterweights and had to be wound every week. The clock was electrified in the 1960s."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"The foundation was made out of granite blocks, wood and posts and beams. The house was Victorian influenced and was one-and-a-half stories tall…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"1895Blue Hill Historical Society The Granite Industry. Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"Timeline in Granite, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society To promote its unique history, Thomaston created the Museum in the Streets in…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished, but their images…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… to do the foundation work on the bridge with granite. The cost to the towns was $750, $500 for abutments underneath the bridge, and $250 for lumber…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… in Capitol Park, where his grave is marked by a granite tomb and monument. In addition to his public life, Governor Lincoln was a man of literary…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… astounding beauty of Mount Desert Island’s bare granite mountaintops, its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore."