Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… wrote: The “Year With No Summer-1816" caused the men to hoe and harvest with mittens on or the frost stuck their hands to the tools."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Because there were no dams at the time, the men and animals had to journey their way up the high waterfalls, and thoughout the course of the journey…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… States entered the war in 1941, and many island men and women left to join the war effort. Three boatyards on the island built vessels for the war."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"John Smith passed through in 1614. The men credited with European settlement of the area, however, were Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Richard Vines."

William Fogg Public Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… ran on platforms decrying, much like the “liberty men” of old, any possible settlement related to the illegal taking of Wabanaki lands by the…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… In the beginning there were 16 members, all men. All they had was a linen hose, a two-wheeled hose reel, and a sled for in the winter."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"He was only a fourteen year old boy when he joined, and I am a fourteen year old boy now. I have thought about joining the army when I get older, but…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

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

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

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They found that most of the men were out hunting and the only ones left were women, children, and old people."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… Watch" Thousands of years before the first white men discovered the area, the Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands of Indians, including…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Condon, Richard H."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Men and women have corresponding titles of address in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"A more invincible body of men could not be readily found. Several of the companies were subjected to the daguerreotype – with what success we have…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… the Abbott School continued to educate young men from all over the globe. The school professed to provide a sound education in the fresh air of…"

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

"Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific spirit struggled to continue amid the distractions of the social…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"These were most likely the men who were in the parade in Lubec. Following the U.R.K.P. marchers were the Knights of Pythias float, Lubec Lodge…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… to lime burning, Knox busied several local men with associated industries such as cutting wood for the kilns, or making hoop poles for the casks…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia, Pa.: Everts & Peck, 1880. (M) Downs, Jacques M."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"In September of 1825, he and a group of other men built a dam. In the winter of 1825-26, Ira and his crew put 5,000,000 feet of pine logs in the…"