Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"The large terrain involved in determining the northeastern border stretched from islands in Passamaquoddy Bay in the east, to identifying the actual…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"The key conflicts seem to be between the large land-owning proprietors and the settler-occupants of these tracts of land, often without a mention of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… him to be reimbursed for the Crown appropriating large amounts of timber for the Royal Navy, which he seemingly had no interest in helping with."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… Ell by playing and sleeping in the loft of the large family barn down the lane on Asticou Way. Houses at Asticou from the Scrapbook of Mary L."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… an early trader with the West Indies, “trading largely in sugar, molasses and lumber principally.” He was the owner of the first ship, the schooner…"

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

"In 1836, eighteen large cargoes went out to be used in building the Charlestown Navy Yard. Later shipments included eight columns 28 feet long for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… fatality earlier when the ship was struck by a large wave and Captain Lermond’s wife was struck on the head by a beam that had become dislodged."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"The large home he built overlooking the marsh on what is now Route 1 still stands. When the British attacked Lexington in April 1775, the Provincial…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… Stephens and Rumford competed in the Class A (large school) division with its sports teams, even though their student population was always one of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… education, demands of his various jobs made that largely impractical. While Martin learned something of the apothecary trade, he ended up spending…"

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

"… that of ice houses which provided a home for the large blocks of ice needed to keep food cold in the days before electricity."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"In 1890, company owners built a large hotel, the Islesboro Inn, and steamboat wharf to attract potential buyers."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"An ell and large dairy barn were added in the 1860s creating a connected farm, which was a typical New England architectural style."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… also owned and lived most of the year in a large 3,200 sq ft, 5-bedroom, 3-bath, shingle-styled, two-story home designed by his uncle, Fred Savage…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… abandoned in 1956, Charles purchased many of the large plants at Reef Point (including the extensive collection of rhodora) and incorporated the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"The Star Theatre, owned by J.E. Emery, was largely a pine-and-paint building, modest but not without bucolic charm."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The Knickerbocker Ice Co. was a large ice corporation that was also in Pennsylvania. The cost of cutting and storing the ice in the houses was about…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The Knickerbocker Ice Co. was a large ice corporation that was also in Pennsylvania. The cost of cutting and storing the ice in the houses was about…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… Free Library The Johnson Shoe Factory was a large part of history in Hallowell.  Since the Jarnes-Hamburger Factory shut down, the shoe factory…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"After this, large industrial companies, such as mills, began to set up shop along the shores of the Vaughan Stream."

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

"Farmers shipped their milk in large cans out of town for processing. East New Portland also was the site of the first store erected at “The Falls.”…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… The next sentence was an understatement: “A large number of these are necessary in the larger houses.” Left in the Skinning/Packing Shed were…"