Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… free-flowing counter-culture garment landscape, largely on college campuses, emerged encompassing a medley of home embroidered and patched blue…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"He designed several large public buildings in the state and was building a business both at home and throughout the state."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… the Pejepscot Company, which claimed a large tract stretching four miles on either side of the Androscoggin River."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… “Ancient Indian deeds” in the collections exist largely because English settlers needed evidence to validate their claims to Wabanaki land, against…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"Just as the large manuscript collections of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors reveal dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… where the Kennebec Proprietors claimed and sold large tracts of land, including Norridgewock, the site of a brutal attack in 1724 on the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one largely of failure and confusion. For example, in 1604, Passamaquoddy Bay was the site of one of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"To construct the mast, they would get large wood and make a long and thick, pole-like object and then put smaller lengths of wood crossing the mast…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… of the figures that have changed, and played a large importance on the island. The island, through many changes, sometimes hard and bad, still has…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… have been furnished with new Sibly Tents---Tents large enough to accommodate 20 men---and such as we had for winter quarters, I and it is rumored…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"Jahoda suggested a Lending Library, and Gould offered her garage. After the Library was established, there were multiple large donations that made it…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"Allie Webber. Casino Motors was a large structure with a capacity to sell 100 cars. In the 1930’s, Gateway Motors was opened in Casino’s place by Mr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"They later built a large brick home on what is now Route 1. Eleven of their twelve children died before reaching middle age. Dr."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… and lodging houses attracted motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast, such as the Checkley and Atlantic House, lured tourists who often…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… with Falmouth was reestablished and marked by a large boulder known as the “white rock”. Returning settlers, who had been driven out in the Indian…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… all the spruce logs left from the dam sorted and large ones suitable for river piled on the bank ready to use if you decide to use them."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… and while he provided some later updates, it largely refers to past events he recalled while writing it."

Colby College Special Collections

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

"A large amount of earth was removed, some estimate it at fifty cartloads, and dug out about a foot below the grade. Mr."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"About 3,000 years ago, the large ground stone woodworking tools (axes and gouges) of the Archaic Period were replaced with smaller forms of celts and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Lard Bucket X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and…"

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

"The company also built a large boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… products and industries came to the Colony, and large amounts of wood products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south."

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

"In the early 1920’s the Odd Fellows built a large Hall and operated it for ten years. The building then turned over to a string of owners, starting…"