Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"The annual Book, Plant and Bake sale, Ice Cream Social, and Yard Sale are still going strong. In 1999 the library received a grant from the Noyes…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… up on a farm right on the outskirts of Albion, planting and harvesting food for his community, and got a small education at the age of 13."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Burnham had bought the old Leavitt Brothers Clam Plant, and he and family members occupied the front part that had been a barbershop."

Skowhegan History House

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Maine State Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… with the dedication of the new $185,000 school plant, complete with gymnasium and cafeteria, on August 26, 1951."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"mill and invested $13 million to renovate the plant. Today, GWF produces premium grade hardwood pellet fuel."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped to Rumford Falls and put in place beside the ones already in operation here."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… East Dixfield farmers to thrive and many farmers planted apple trees. East Dixfield became known by its quantity of apples dried annually, led by…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way. In the fall they would go north, stopping to harvest…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They also would plant what little food that would grow, including pumpkins, squash and a lot of corn."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"In 1780 he planted and harvested corn, turnips and potatoes. He put the corn in a storage crib that he built and the potatoes and turnips in the…"

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

"Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This plant was enlarged and a floor added in 1907. The following year, the log jam and flood mentioned above occurred, sending two and a half million…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… moved to become part of the Thurston & Bayley plant. That portion of the building was destroyed by fire about 1998.(3) The Scarborough Beach…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… created three-dimensional images of landscapes, plants and animals), low-quality televisions, radios, and projectors."

Caribou Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Later industries included a cod liver oil plant, the smell of which is still remembered by some islanders."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries. With its resources of timber, granite, water power, fishing and hunting…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… Paper, combining 20 pulp and paper manufacturing plants in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Northern New York, which included the…"