Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… represent this wood pile but in giving the L on a line with the front of the house it diminished the width of the Jog so I left it out and have…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… store and was involved in efforts to build a rail line from Bangor to Waterville. That project included stock sales on which most investors lost…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He was in charge of the task of building a rail line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… shifts in the Sandy River or changes in property lines over time. Farmington Town Map, 1794 Farmington Downtown Map, circa 1860 Farmington…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… because they put to much weight on the power lines. This is how these two storms are alike. Written By Dallis Heflin Ice Storm Of 98’ Four out…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… came more intense pressure for a direct railroad line to Presque Isle which was finally achieved with the opening of the Bangor and Aroostook…"

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

"The second rail line was merged with the Maine Central Railroad system in 1871. Electric RailSeashore Trolley Museum Electric Rail In 1894 the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints. At its height in 1866, there were two hundred people working at the mill at one time."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Railroading began in Aroostook with a short line from Woodstock to Houlton in 1870. The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railroad to Caribou and then…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"A marker scratched a line for the next cut. The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"A marker scratched a line for the next cut. The plow was run one way over an area and then over the other at right angles, plowing out a checkerboard…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… after daylight on Tuesday morn, we formed in a line of battle in the woods and marched out across the battlefield and barged on a fort, the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"1900Maine Historical Society Fashion moves forward into the new century with Mary Scrimgeour’s elegant black suit dress with its aquamarine silk…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Along this line, he was known as a moderate, like so many of the Maine Congressmen and Congresswomen before him. Secretary of Defense William S."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… this as a threat to business and expanded their lines through Washburn, Mapleton, Perham, Woodland, New Sweden, Wade, Castle Hill, and Chapman."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails. Sails were cut and sewn at the sail lofts of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… Kennebec River to the Knox and Lincoln railroad line that ran from Woolwich to Rockland. The earliest train ferries, the City of Rockland and the…"

Acadian Archives

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"When calling the operator, one had to be patient, because the person you were calling might be talking on another line."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers. In response to this economic phenomenon, the population of the town began to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"The grounds were lined with carts and stands for the sale of liquor, cakes and other refreshments. It took two more years for the structure to be…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… and painted into the buttons are various designs: lines and dots, animals, words, the faces of coins, and more."

Colby College Special Collections

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