Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"Go back and pick the ones you missed. 8. Don't pick any rotten potatoes. 9. Don't throw potatoes. 10, You're setting your barrels in the wrong row, I…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many pounds of sugar? Silk cocoons? 8. How many cords of wood have you sold? 9. What is the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"… here is 16 inches (40 cm) in diameter and 8 inches (20 cm) deep. Baskets were made locally, usually by Native Americans."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Fred Urquhart farm, Presque Isle. 1200 pounds of 8-16-20 fertilizer per acre, yielding 217 barrels of potatoes this field."

Millinocket Fire Department

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John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"8, 1867, and pasted it into the Scrap Book. On an excursion to Bucksport, Martin wrote, "I halted at the head of the ferry and viewed the village…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"March 8, 1968: Eastern Fine’s Lincoln and Brewer mills close unexpectedly when the costs of running the mill outweigh the benefits for the Standard…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… renovation and expansion that would provide 8,000 square feet of new space at the school. The project represented four years of effort by…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"After a number of years a new district, Number Eight, was located on the Bluff. The Parker School, Islesboro, ca."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… New Sweden School The New Sweden School is a K - 8 school located in New Sweden, Maine. It serves students from New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The number of votes was kept to keep track of the growing number of settlers. At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Homework Emily, grade 8 Scottow's Hill One Room School Students, ca. 1920Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Attitudes towards homework in…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"8 no. 385) X The cover page of Ede's Kennebec Gazette, published in Augusta on January 6, 1803, illustrated why the separation movement had not…"

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

"The numbers of farmers had decreased from 201 to 177 and the number of sailors from 112 to 52. But there were 115 miners in town, not counting the…"

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

"Number 9 Machine was converted to a pulp dryer, replacing Number 4 machine. In addition, the mill's No."

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

"Accessed 8 Feb. 2017. Koenig, Seth. “Once Famously Blasted in a Maine Newspaper, Abolitionist Named Humanistic Jewish Role Model for the Year.” Seth…"

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

"… set a string of singletons, anywhere from 4 to 8 or 20 to 40, depending on the bottom to be fished."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… failures and attempts to find work   Part 8, pages 534-603 I. W. Pattens, inoculations, his own store, Civil War effects, wife's illness…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Prince Memorial Library

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of the survey of North Lubec, Plantation #8, made by Solomon Cushing in April, 1795. It is the earliest map of North Lubec, known as Soward's Neck…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8 miles from Bangor to Bucksport. The line was surveyed in the fall of 1872, and construction began…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The New York Times, July 8, 1902. The Rhode Island Century, The Providence Journal Company, 1999. S.S."