Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry in 1803."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Land patents were only profitable to their owners if families were enticed to clear the land and build permanent homes, and various offers were often…"

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

"Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… and under good pilotage along the rocky shore, landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… entire region was quickly taken with a force of 4 companies of 100 men each, who were assigned to clear land and erect a fortification."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… another company; the Island and Pacific railroad company in Chicago, in 1903 and become vice-president of that company."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… land and loading dock of the Blue Hill Granite Company were purchased and a clubhouse built in 1948."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… (Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Company, 1973), 107. [5] Falmouth Gazette, 4/30/1785."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The Bonney Aqueduct Company was established to provide water to the Village for fire protection. In 1894, a Watering Trough, casted in Concord, New…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Pendleton & Company. Captain Fields Seeley Pendleton (1870-1923) lived across the street from the store."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… first hundred years of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, incorporated February 16, 1844. Boston: Pepperell Manufacturing Company, 1945. (N)"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"With the construction of the Oxford Paper Company in the planning stages, he could see that there would be a shortage of housing."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… in almost every kind of business, say Plymouth Company matters, tontine buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation, agricultural societies…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society Meeting at the Guilford Odd Fellows Hall…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Native Americans had a much different concept of land ownership. It was not unusual for them to sell land to different exploring entrepreneurs."

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

"… promotions, the highest becoming Captain of the E Company of the 8th regiment of Maine on October 19, 1863."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the arrival of the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company in 1888, which began buying large parcels of farm land at the southern end of the island…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… the time the Railroad Bridge is completed and the company are ready to land passengers and freight upon their new grounds, a good roadway will have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Underwood who established the Underwood Canning Company in Boston around 1825. In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… the paper was sent back to Boston to a newspaper company. The buttons, considered useless, were carelessly thrown into a barrel."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Rockland, Blue Hill, Ellsworth Steamboat Company, which later became part of the Eastern Steamship Company, offered high class transportation to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some lieutenants commanding by detail other companies than their own; and…"