Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"These men made up rafts of logs for the several owners by laying them crosswise of the raft, driving oak pins into the opposite ends of every sixth…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… and the city's residents included business owners, doctors, lawyers, judges, druggists, opticians, superintendents, artisans and crafters of all…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… trustee, the town treasurer, a town agent, a land owner, a collector of taxes, and a constable in Lincoln’s early years."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"The owners were William P. Leighton, Peleg T. Jones, H.G. Coburn, the Libby brothers, H.H. Fiske, the Woods brothers, Samuel H."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Telephone communication In 1896 two store owners, H.W. Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… and warehousing facility, but the dedicated owners and their loyal employees immediately began building a new modern facility that was again…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"It was a long day for a store owner who kept the doors open all day and then would keep the finances and plan to restock the shelves after hours."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… leasing before reluctantly being sold to shipyard owners. Sail making was also set up at this location by J. Colson."

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

"Shipyard owners and builders, Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold land on the north side of Water Street to Christian Henry Bohndel, a ship’s rigger…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… molasses and lumber principally.” He was the owner of the first ship, the schooner Dispatch, built in Hampden in 1793, and part owner of many other…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… though little is known of their original owners. There are also numerous shell middens: areas where heaps of shells were piled with other refuse…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Land patents were only profitable to their owners if families were enticed to clear the land and build permanent homes, and various offers were often…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"In Blue Hill some of the shipyard owners included the Holts, the Dodges, George Stevens, and the Hinckleys."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"From 1613 to 1759, Acadia changed owners eleven times, five times in possession of the French and six times in the hands of the English.The British…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"In 1928, A. W. Drake became the principal owner. He had served in the capacity of clerk with the different managements before he purchased interests…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Store owners on the island did not always expect to make a handsome profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in…"

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

"The late Robert Slaven, descendant of previous owners of the Chase quarry on Wood Point, remembered that Blue Hill granite “rang like a bell” when…"

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Over the years some owners included Micajah J. Hudson, the Hilton Family, Drake Family and Cummings Family."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They were truly "summering" in Maine. Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was…"

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

"1910 with owner and workers posed is one example. Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The…"

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

"The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and particularly Pennsylvania and Ohio."