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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… Alonzo Raynes Penobscot Bridge illustration Market Hall Stricklands Block Stetson Block Anna Raynes Rufus Prince First Baptist Church Gordon…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… Olde Town & Millford Switch and crossing on Market Street." He drew the house as it looked before Samuel Veazie added a shed and made other…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"The Central Maine Railroad stopped at Farmington, so several communities north of Farmington decided to build a railroad to open the region for wood…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"It was a traditional process carried out in traditional buildings with traditional tools and implements."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"It is cheaper and more efficient monetarily to build new rather than try to save or re-use the old because it is faster to do so."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Main Coated Department had produced high gloss papers for many years and had been upgraded, but was still not equal to the market demands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… their rich cultural traditions, some began to market themselves as native tour guides and Indian entertainers, performing medicine shows and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another started to flourish -- tourism."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The use of ice in the fishing industry allowed for an increase in the market for fresh fish, and the expansion of rail lines resulted in a greater…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"By 1971 the market moved to a larger building on the Clambake Restaurant property and was managed by Donald H. Thurlow."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell, which he kept at…"

Lubec Landmarks

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Reynolds also describes Elisha Salisbury’s meat market in the Knowles Company building. She says, “There was a pickle barrel near the doorway, and…"

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

"And market forces in the late 1800s depressed the price of copper. The Civil War shut down southern markets for fish and ice and insurance rates…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"To market, it was cut into half-inch wide strips, and finally into three-quarter-inch inch pieces. The entire batch was dusted with cornstarch so…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all that was over by the time Somes arrived."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports. By 1782, for example, Reuben Colburn from Pittston, the same Reuben…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Charles Stanley Sons Market, Mexico, ca. 1900Mexico Historical Society Dr. Walker was the earliest educated physician, whose residence occupied the…"

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

"… Bar Harbor, recognized that there was a growing market for a decidedly upscale motion-picture venue the island."

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

"… variety of products for both farm use and sale to markets beyond Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Many early farmers raised sheep for meat and wool…"