Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"I wish you could see this charming old man and his son. Two finer types of youth and age you will rarely see.” Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, Bar…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Plummer “ “ “ A. Elder “ “ “ West Village Old Mill DamNew Portland Historical Society The West Village was once a very prosperous place, mills…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… would frequently result in a gold mine find of old metal, bottles, cans and rubber tires. These items were taken to Willard Kane's store where he…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain triggered…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… bookstore located in the same building that housed Ezekiel Goodale’s bookstore and publishing house in the early 1800s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Hugh J. Chisholm II was now seventy years old and had served as President of the Oxford Paper for 44 years."

Westport Island History Committee

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Bangor Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… 1:45 PM What year were you born? 1933 About how old were you when the Great Depression occurred? Very young, it didn’t seem like much had really…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… five in the morning and it was freezing; the house- the whole house was just freezing. We then decided that we needed some lights."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Cyrus died when he was nineteen years old. Fales was a strong-willed man who never lost hope throughout the raging war."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Free Library, located on the second floor of the old Pendleton School house. Alice Lavinia Pendleton was the first librarian."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… a new middle school was constructed and the old one sold for a dollar to house a new transportation company which brought excise tax dollars and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… High School (later Pemetic High) played in the old Masonic Building until 1927 when it burned down."

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

"… died at the age of 78 and his remains lie in the old cemetery at the center. Moses Guilford LowGuilford Historical Society 1816 was a pivotal…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836. Years later, this company would be sold."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society In 1917, Herbert Gray of Old Town Woolen Company purchased the south side mill and continued to make improvements, becoming…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… of Maine officials and housed in Nowick’s old cow barn converted for the special guests. Surry Opera Company & Leningrad Amateur Opera…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The old building on the far left, destined for demolition, housed the contractor’s office during construction."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Woman (1918), John van den Broeck, a 23-year-old Dutch cinematographer, slipped and fell from a cliff to his death at Schooner Head."