Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lubec – shell middens found on South Bay and Mill Creek. Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"What the town needed was a library. A Celebration on Water Street, Guilford, ca. 1908Guilford Historical Society In 1903, The Library Reading…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould asked for a tour of the mill. After the tour, the two stopped to sit on a log and talk. Gould felt that the mill was in poor shape and needed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… to open up a new supply of timber for the mill and at a cheaper price. He approached the citizens of Washburn with the idea."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… from dangling a summer kid by his feet off the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to others on a sidewalk in the center of town."

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

"A few mills still operated along Mill Stream in the center of town. Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… Library Flood, Joppa viewed from Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1936Hubbard Free Library The river also was getting its spring flow of water which…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Bed and Breakfast is located on the corner of Elm Street and Prospect Street. It was built between 1890 and the early 1900s."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… mills and a dam to provide water power for those mills; there were equally as many mills and homes surrounding the dam on both the Farmington Falls…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… 1776-1885, Francis Gould Butler) Walton Mills and Walton Pond, Farmington, ca. 1930Farmington Historical Society On their arrival the early…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Once they moved out, the abandoned building was torn down in May, 1955, and a skating rink took its place. Cotton Mill and Johnson Shoes Citations"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca. 1910Blue Hill Historical Society The shipyards were mostly located around the inner harbor, at Conary Cove…"

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

"Timber was becoming scarce and many mills had to close down. The Great Depression got everyone into trouble. The plentiful jobs went to no jobs."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"He operated a wood mill in Arundel and actively supported the colonists in the Revolution. This was Stephen Titcomb’s heritage as he prepared to…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The mills dried themselves off and were going full tilt once again, a $20 million state-of-the-art yarn manufacturing facility was planned by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… of Old Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road). It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and special needs, including a gristmill, saw mills and even a clam factory, which existed briefly during the 1950's F.S."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"He owned various mills, including a cotton mill, and was a shipbuilder. In the early nineteenth century he was a very successful man, yet he only…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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