Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… The following is an extract from The History of Swan's Island by Dr. H. W. Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island…"

Biddeford Historical Society

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Franco-American Collection

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Oakfield Historical Society

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… has always enjoyed its infrequent respites from labor. Patriotic and proud, it's easy to throw a party worth remembering in this town."

Acadia National Park

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… Legion; members and volunteers provided the labor. Donated equipment was used and the beach was made usable."

New Sweden Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… influx in population, caused by the many incoming laborers and their families. The lumbering business made Bangor into a global provider for timber."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… could be seen in the island's economy, labor force, appearance, and even through the very livelihoods of those who live here year-round."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… farmer and needed to return to the hard labor of logging. The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"By dint of hard labor and peeseverance we after much trouble arrived at Mann Hill house. Ayers stopped and helped me unload. Set up stove etc."

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

"… there were 115 miners in town, not counting the laborers and teamsters employed by the mines. In early 1880 there were 29 mining companies in Blue…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Initially, native people benefited from labor opportunities in lumbering and agriculture. They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the…"

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

"… particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much less remunerative for the hard work involved."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was named by the fishermen who, after weeklong labors, rested in its sheltered waters on Sundays."

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

"… fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"In 1860 he was a laborer on the farm of Joshua Allen in Walpole, MA. He enlisted from Cambridgeport, MA, in Company D, 74th New York Infantry on July…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Two thousand civilians labored around the clock during that spring to build the new Army cantonment which became known as Dow Field."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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