Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… unforgettable Surprise disaster warning last minute necessities struggling people Roads plow’s success died down difficult transportation troubled…"

Biddeford Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… wrote that they paddled to Brewer and back "in 8 minutes a mile and a third or ten mile an hour." Stephen Stanislaus and Sebattis Saul paddled the…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"Dy doing this at sixty strokes per minute, they pumped water through a leather hose. The Cascade Hand Tub was nothing like the fire engines used…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"A collection of diking corporation meeting minutes and notes recorded by George Boothby. (1870s). Scarborough Historical Society archives Cumberland…"

Leeds Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 6 of 7

"… Proprietors? Brunswick Town Meeting Minutes, 1719Maine Historical Society The Pejepscot Proprietors granted a limited number of free plots…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"This is that story. Watch a 3:10 minute video introduction to "Malaga Island, A Story Best Left Untold" documentary produced by Rob Rosenthal and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Two persons could load the truck in 15 minutes if conditions are right. Rolling a barrel on a moving truck body is tricky."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Property Maps, City of Bath, 1999. Bath 7.5 minute U.S.G.S.Quadrangle, 2000. Microfilm Newspapers: Bath Daily Tribune 1855-1858; Bath Independent…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… History Boolet, 1994 Town of Guilford meeting minutes and recordings, Volume 12, pp 115-122 personal interviews with Tom Blake and Linwood…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"(Corporation meeting notes and minutes were kept by George Boothby. These and other company papers, known as the “Boothby Papers”, are archived at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… account books, church records, lists of settlers, minutes of proprietors’ meetings and boundary commissions—all offer insight into struggles over…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… their children. Martin wrote, "I have been very minute in representing every particular for her (Clara) & my children so that whereever this Book…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… saw mill which was electronically automated and moved from the flood plains of Guilford to Burnham, which is about 25 minutes south of Newport."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… surpassed all expectations by reserving three, 50 minute classes on four days for the Maine Community Heritage Project."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Dated to the very minute by the presence of a clock, they not only record an event in Portland history, but provide detailed photographic views of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"The games back then were played in three twelve minute periods, and according to The Gossip, “each period was full of thrills to the last second.”…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Gas tanks exploded and walls fell every couple of minutes, causing screams from the crowd. Soon the Brunswick Hand Tubs were there to help."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"It took only 15 minutes for the water to flow over the banks. The water rose so quickly that people were trapped in their cars, and many cars were…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The average trip across took around twenty minutes, more or less, depending on the flow of the current and how high or low the river was."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of paper into bags at the rate of 300 bags per minute. Each machine made bags of various sizes. The Flat Bag Department made bags for flour…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… in RSU 10—is 43 miles, with a driving time of 61 minutes. One can imagine how long that journey used to take, on foot, on horseback, or in a…"

Westport Island History Committee

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