Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"Rogers, signed enlistment papers on May 3rd 1861. He mustered out on June 15, not with his friends in the Second Maine, but with Company K of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… by the entire class at one time, quietly, and on paper or on the computer. There are no longer tests which determine admittance to high school, but…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… year at Colby College, Shettleworth wrote a paper entitled "The Daguerreotypists of Portland, Maine." Many of Earle G."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… and even sent back international news to Guy's papers. In 1928 the Sunday Telegram ran an article “Outlook for Aviation in Maine Brighter” that…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The paper is relatively quiet about the plans until July 1870. From then on, the paper contains articles about the progress of the railroad bridge…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"They hauled pulp and paper, petroleum, mill products, and chemicals. In 1962 the railroad running through Guilford was torn up."

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

"… were encouraged to decorate windows, and the paper carried a notice entreating anyone who could spare flowers to decorate the tables of Norumbega…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… John had little schooling but had a great idea to make a company and make the resin into chewing gum and sell it."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… by the close of the 19th century were shoes, paper and wool. Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in Skowhegan up until the 1970’s."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Paper-making was coming into Maine and promised to be an expanding industry. Future paper mills would be located near Bangor but not in the city…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Charlotte left a collection of her family's papers to North Yarmouth Historical Society. —Text by Katie Murphy with contributions from Holly Hurd…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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