Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"He also sent money to his family and anxiously awaited return mail from them. John’s family told him there were many “Bluehillers” going west to earn…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"& In the course of time She made a beautiful hanging ornament of tisue paper of various colors ... & put her name in it & with some other little…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"The bank holds a lot of peoples money. It allows them to apply for loans, as well as deposit and withdraw money."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… was a leader who raised considerable amounts of money, and served on the standing committee and as treasurer for over 25 years."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… and we didn’t use it gasoline was well it cost money and had to pay it and we had to be careful what we did with the money we had we walk to school…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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St. Croix Historical Society

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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…"

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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… people would sell the resin just to earn extra money, but Curtis wanted to travel and sell his gum all around the world."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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