Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… the farms during that time. Thomas felt that the hard-working and pious Swedish farming families would be excellent citizens to settle the…"

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"The jacket had one or two rows of hard, steel buttons often having decorations imprinted or engraved on to them."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… ships had short life expectancies, being driven hard and fast by their masters. Profits were usually large enough that they paid for themselves…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… and stakeholders from out of town have worked hard over the last 15 years or so to create a sense of hope and renewal in this plucky city."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… the early 1900s when they logged and worked very hard along the Kennebec River. The shoes that loggers wore had spikes on them to keep them…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Later, horses were used to cultivate the soil and work the farm and eventually the gas engine took over the work."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the woods from the nearest dwelling."

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

"… Blue Hill were forced to rely on the creativity, hard work and community spirit that defined the town’s history."

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

"… were few necessities at hand beyond their own hard work and toil. These men and women suffered difficulties they had not previously encountered and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… barrels in which it came became too expensive and hard to handle and have been wholly replaced by the paper sacks which hold five, 10 or 25…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… poor around here that when the crash came it was hard to notice the difference- Which isn’t really true because we had alcohol going for us."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Over the next few months, over 500 trees were screened. In October, a tree in Presque Isle was selected by the committee. George Harding declared the…"

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

"… and will employ a spirit of ingenuity and hard work in order to create a thriving town yet again. References Foss, Roland E., (1977)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"The diplomas were rolled, but because it became hard to hang them, they are no longer rolled. In the past, very few kids attended school every day…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Hard times hit the nation. Some of those who had moved onto the island to work had married and now struggled to remain on the island after their jobs…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

""We found all kinds of evidence of a productive, local-based economy…. It looks to me like they worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"His accent was, at first, hard to understand but you still were swept away in his stories. After his dinner he stood up and made a life-saving…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… in the form of a few paragraphs"   Dottie Harding Interview on Doctors In 1936, Dr. Albert J."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Buildings, money, and years of hard work were lost in the flood. Thankfully, there were not any lives lost."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe had a hard life. She married three times. She married her first husband, Sanford Smith from Trenton, Maine, across Union River Bay, on March 5…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air. Practically every child in town was there as they sang "In…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"Marley had been living the life he worked hard for. In 2009 The Boondock Saints 2 had just released, Marley returning to play the infamous Detective…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… state championship, but we are always working hard at it. We have had great deal of improvement in our school; we now have a middle school team and…"