Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"He operated a grist mill and lumber mill. Elias's home was built across from the Veterans’ Monument. He was a livestock broker."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Sawmills, woolen mills and grist mills were built near the sound and other areas on MDI. Shipbuilding was also one of MDI’s early businesses."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Mr. Mountford built a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Crosby’s Federalist style Grist Mill Store dates from 1809 (Thompson 1988) and was considered one of the finest buildings in the area."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"The two newcomers leased Hiram Comstock’s tidal grist mill located at Mill Creek in North Lubec. According to Reverend Jernegan in the prospectus he…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Crosby’s Federalist style Grist Mill Store dates from 1809 (Thompson 1988) and was considered one of the finest buildings in the area."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"A grist mill and feed store changed hands from M. L. Hussey to Frank Palmer. S. J. Jackson Company set up a Men’s Haberdashery."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… Historical Society Grist Mill Bridge: The Grist Mill Bridge, also known as one of the Twin Bridges (along with Gould Hill Bridge) is located on the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"(More about Farmington's First Grist Mill.) Another early settler, Joseph Fairbanks, first settled on the “Norton Farm” on Titcomb Hill in 1792 and…"

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

"The grist mill had the first right to the power and John. B. Franklin, Bartlett and Hiram Plummer bought the rest of the power. Charles H."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… for power to run saw mills, shingle mills, grist mills, or anything else that needed more power than could be supplied by men or animals."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… a small coal wharf, a store and a tidal-powered grist mill on the creek. Coal was a very necessary commodity for heating, once most of the good…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… received 640 acres of land on which he built a grist mill and saw mill, plotted half acre lots and planned streets as the foundation for the…"