Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… colonies, awash in wood ash, were ready to meet it. A settler could either collect and sell the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… National Register of Historic Places, serves as a meeting place for our members and as a venue for several public events."

Stetson Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house teaching the pupils one-on-one to know the letters and to say the catechism."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"In 1797 the town voted to build one meeting house to serve all the religious societies in the town. John Crosby was named “vendue-master” to accept…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… the years, with his quality paper production meeting the demands of the customers and the ability of his fellow workers to meet all challenges."

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 History of Stockholm

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

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Affiliating with the Jordan Pond House, a public tea house located in Acadia National Park, and participating in other island institutions and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"My uncle also used to go to meetings about politics. He still does, but only sometimes. He goes too far and gets really annoying when all he talks…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the district, the teacher boarding around from house to house in the district where he taught school."

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

"… into Plantation 6, Range 7, and in November a meeting of voters was held for the purpose of raising money for school."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… first house of worship on the island, the Baptist Meeting House and Town Hall (1804). A series of Baptist churches followed, including the Free…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"A town meeting was held on September 19, 1972 at which time the town authorized the selectmen to negotiate with Fernwood Grange for the exchange of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The first meeting was in the year of 1914. Another one of the pro-suffrage organizations was the Maine Woman Suffrage Association founded in 1873."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He would spend the rest of his life preaching wherever he could find an audience. But his biggest audiences would come at the camp meetings that were…"

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

"… Board of Directors and included him in her annual meetings, correspondence, and planning. Through this association, Charles became more intimate…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and a city farm in an effort to care for and meet the needs of its citizenry. The city's population, during this trying economic time, grew very…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… civic projects, including the construction of a meeting house and the formation of local militia companies."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Dixfield” states that at one of the earliest town meetings held at Sutton, Massachusetts in April, 1791, the proprietors voted: that four Rights…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… work together to build a new hospital that would meet the Medicare requirements. After the Workman’s Hospital closed, the Penobscot Valley Hospital…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In a 1981 meeting of the Rumford Historical Society, chaired by Virginia Weston, many of the former mill employees were present."