Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"Snow Otis Stone Reed Harding Martin's plow Martin's garden First passenger steamer Doctor Allen Rogers Tavern, apothecary shop"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… when he began to work in the fields at Reed Hardings farm in Brewer. Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… on a table and jump without scringing off on a hard floor will jump from the top of the shed about 8 feet his element is to be up in the air."…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in November 1865, the building was raised five or six…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Desert families were industrious and hard working. They were often multi-talented families, and were not only seamen, but farmers and lumbermen as…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Some people had a hard time breathing because of all the particles that were in the air. When they would inhale, it would damage the workers' lungs."

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"Established in ca.1870 by Henry Harding, the company imported huge coils of wire (1/4 inch in diameter) from Boston and Portland."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"This film was so hard to get off it was unbelievable. Other car lines that don’t exist today were Nashes, Studebakers, and Hudsons."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… didn’t mind working for their father, but it was hard, stinky work. He got wet and slimy, and it was awful."

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"… you will join the ranks of us who have worked so hard for better education in our schools in Surry. “ Claude L."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… wrote, "the sight was so sudden and so grand that hardly a person could express even their amazement every one of all the thousands were as it were…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Bateaux are very heavy boats and hard to maneuver, so they are mainly used for paddling in slow water, not the fast rapids of the untamed Kennebec."

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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."

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… and many others with something that they could hardly call a home. With roofs caved in from the amount of ice buildup and yards filled with broken…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Chainsaws became more hard to get for all the demands for them so that people could cut down the fallen trees."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… The ice storm of 98 hit Hallowell very hard. Recently Iowa had an ice storm, these storms were similar."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Linwood, 1988, “Maine Odyssey: Good Times and Hard Times in Bath, 1936-1986.” Owen, Henry Wilson, 1936, “The Edward Clarence Plummer History of…"

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 - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"I was so excited to see the students working so hard to get everything perfect. They were so cautious in making sure they handled the artifacts…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"The companies worked hard to innovate and improve themselves, but the post-war economies and business environment were setting them on a path of…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… night it rained all night and the wind blew very hard. The next morning, the river was rising quickly."