Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"There was no set schedule, but there was a horn on each side so the operator could hear it if he was on the opposite side of the river."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"They stayed for five years and invented the car horn. After the O’Brien Electrophone Company moved out, the Johnson Shoe Factory moved in and took…"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"… company produced some of the first electric horns for automobiles. They thought that the invention would work well, so they took it to an…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… by the train as it goes by my house and honks its horn. It is very annoying! Many times it carries wood and things to and from the mill."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… at age 29, he died at the battle of “Little Big Horn” in Montana under the command of William Armstrong Custer."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"The sail loft they built in 1875 still stands in its original location on Water Street at the foot of Green Street. Ship Samuel Watts, Georges…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… proudly displays his over-the-shoulder soprano horn, a band instrument of the period. A tintype of George Allen Soule of Yarmouth shows a young man…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… 604-end Children and schools, making furniture, business slowdown, churches X   Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… to make containers, wigwam sheathing, and moose horns made for calling moose. They also would plant what little food that would grow, including…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… shipyards in South Portland, Bath and Connecticut. One or two cars drove around the village tooting their horns. That was about it. Next Page"

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

"… music activities, playing the bass, violin, and horn. The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the North Village."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He settled in California where he transported freight up the Sacramento River. At some point, he came back to Farmington where he settled in the…"

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