Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… worked there for a while and then bought his own property, named his own road and he’s put a lot of money in to it."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… any shape, by being plundered either of time or property; idleness of hired men is either a theft of time or money, and I would have Mr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… for hiring teachers and looking after school property. At that time there were eight school districts in existence."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… across the river to connect the two Guilford mill properties, and two other enterprises, Sangerville Woolen Co., and Carleton Mill were acquired."

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

"Damages to personal property cost over two million dollars. After the short but costly flood there were many things that needed to be cleaned up."

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"This property lies in what is now known as the Morgan Bay area of town. Civil War Veterans, West Surry School, Surry, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… subdivided and brokered much of the Dark Harbor property to wealthy summer residents and promoted the island's summer resort industry, which had…"

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

"… ages 13, 12, and 11, to look after the property and tend the cow. They returned in March of the following year, the boys having survived the winter…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The mills closed and property became neglected. When the next group of settlers moved in, they took lots of land for themselves."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… News reported that driving rains had caused heavy property and crop damage and that the rail line had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… in 1837 and purchased the Little Blue property across the street from Few Acres, and built a cottage there, where he continued his writing."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… the tool used to measure land, staked out property lines using basswood bark, The “men measured off six parcels of land, each 100 rods wide and…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Meanwhile, the library trustees turned the property over to the town thus creating another town department, the Partnership Food Pantry was…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… that the state should hold a title to the property..." That’s the clearest statement we’ve seen regarding the state’s motives for purchasing the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… of the sick people, lack of workers, and lack of property. Many of the people in our town would be dead without the hospitals, which means there…"

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

"The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the North Village. After a fire in 1912, H."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"More than $3,000,000 in property value was lost. Yet from this fire, a revitalized city rose and endowed the city with beautiful educational…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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