Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… Motors and Buck Motors were were two rival car companies in Lincoln from about 1939 to 1945. They have few things in common."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield Company, later known as the Diamond Match branch of Diamond National."

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

"Hussey Woolen Company. With water rushing over the dam, logs were hurled directly through the windows of the lower floors of both mills."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor: Furbush-Roberts Printing Company, 1998. Print. Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field Book. New York: Harper Brothers, 1896. Print."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… from the outside world.” Columbian Canning Company Smokehouse Employees, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society Sardine Industry Julius…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"John IV and others bought out the company in 1928 and organized General Mills, Inc. The contributions that John Crosby and his descendants made to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society Also in 1901, a post office was establishing. Lewis Anderson was the postmaster."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

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

"… was known as the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company. This organization subdivided and brokered much of the Dark Harbor property to wealthy…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Postcard of 1897 Auditorium X Postcard of 1897 Auditorium With Horsedrawn Carriages X…"

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

"… Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company in 1947. This move proved to be an invaluable step in the preservation of Lincoln’s history."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"The militia Jacob joined was known as the “A-Company of Riflemen, Sixth Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division.” Jacob was also elected town clerk."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… contributing to the community, and enjoying the company of their peers. In the early 1920s Ridlonville played host to a chapter of the Ku Klux…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… sold for a dollar to house a new transportation company which brought excise tax dollars and jobs; a fitness center opened; library usage increased…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… at “Devil’s Half Acre”, called The Lubec Packing Company 1881 – 1898 • 23 sardine factories established in Lubec • E.W. Brown & Co."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… Guilford Historical Society French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society The old…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in 1898 when Dr."

Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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