Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… a trustee and overseer of Bowdoin College, principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… “trading largely in sugar, molasses and lumber principally.” He was the owner of the first ship, the schooner Dispatch, built in Hampden in 1793…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"Matthews is considered one of the most successful principals to have ever overseen the Academy. It was at this time that Hampden Academy came very…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Principal made his decisions to purchase books based on the quality and the price of the editions."

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

"MDI had several principal high schools before they all consolidated into Mount Desert Island High School in 1968."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"In Bangor she was a teacher, principal, school board member, and then superintendent for eleven years."

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

"… the river at this place is to be sustained [principally] by oak and brown ash piles…. If ice freshets do not disturb them, and fire and other…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… agriculture, but most of them employ their time principally in lumbering.” They too faced the same dilemma as Bull as the British government…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… involved in national and international trade, principally with the West Indies, France and Great Britain."