Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Jerome and Belle (Smallidge) Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"His son, Major John Crosby, and son-in-law, Elias Dudley, ran his business until 1852. Jacob Curtis owned a blacksmith shop near Crosby’s home."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"As the Revenue Cutter Service, the maritime law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… waste water treatment in accordance with federal laws or allow funding for its completion. The Rumford mill fit perfectly into Boise's growing…"

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

"… and prosper and by 1865 there were saw mills, law offices, retail stores, and a woolen factory. The railroad arrived in 1871 creating opportunities…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Agrarian laws designed to “confiscate land holdings and redistribute them to the landless”, temporarily freed many from traditional societal…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… on the other hand obliged to pay obedience to the laws of Massachusetts …. declared to be within the limits of their government.” The petition was…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Under a Maine law of 1887 children under the age of 12 could not work in manufacturing establishments. Canneries were the exception."

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

"Marshall Att'y at Law B. Adams “ “ “ S.A. Bennet Physician & Surgeon W.H. Stevens “ “ “ J.P. Churchell & Son Merchant A."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… residents, had convinced legislators that this law was necessary. The summer community kept cars off the island from 1913 until 1933."

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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