Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… accommodate a constantly growing business, and a great warehouse was built in 1902 with over 100,000 square feet of floor space."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… President Madison's declaration of war on Great Britain, Governor Strong would not allow the Massachusetts militia to leave the state and refused…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… of Fredericksburg) 1864 – 1874 • Period of great commercial prosperity 1865 • Peak of smoked herring industry • Thirty smokehouses from N."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"After the war, he spent time in Europe and began painting landscapes as he continued to work for Harper’s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… expansion was to utilize the full extent of the Great Falls as it was first envisioned some 76 years earlier by the original Hugh J. Chisholm."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"During the Great Depression, the Building of the Arts began to lose revenue and slowly fell into disrepair."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Mary did not live in Bangor her whole life. Her great desire to right brought her to Manhattan, New York as a suffragette."

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

"… Harbor’s economy was not immune from the Great depression. Numerous hotels closed and only three remained open by 1940."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… area designated as a national park and he did a great deal of research and made numerous trips to photograph features of the area.” With his…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… the differences in different places during the Great Depression, and his father's experience with investments during the stock market crash."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"By the end of the war 14 soldiers had been wounded, with 26 killed in battle or having died in hospital."

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

"There were barber shops, clothing stores and many convenient stores and restaurants. All of these great jobs and opportunities went downhill when the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them. They built their log houses during the summer, went back to Beverly and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… going their best to get a way canon, cattle and a great deal of which they had to leave. When they had to leave a wagon or a gun, they either burnt…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Sam McGee developed a special friendship with his great Aunt Mame growing up, including a shared love of music, photography, and dogs."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… first came to the area they referred to as the “great intervale”. The availability of both water and wildlife allowed them to live comfortably for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… to become accustomed to his position, as he spent great amounts of time away from home in order to fulfill his duties as estate superintendent."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… discusses his upbringing in Thomaston during the Great Depression and his experiences as a ship captain."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… new people from a new generation who have shown a great interest in this vital part of the town’s history."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… paper mill built in Rumford in 1893, below the Great Falls of the Androscoggin, is still going strong and remains the engine of the local economy."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Metalluk, son of a great chief and the last of the Cooask-aukes (dwellers-of-the-pines) and respected friend of the early settlers, showed them where…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"The North Village is a great place to live, the people are great and always willing to help in time of need."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture During World War I World War I began in Europe in 1914 and the U.S. entered into it in 1917."