Maine Memory Network

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

"Hayes in North Yarmouth. Mr. Mountford purchased his site at West Cumberland on the brook which is the outlet of Goose Pond around 1864, at which…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The first typewriters were purchased in 1916; the next year six more typewriters were purchased. (Superintendent's Report) Nora Rackliff was a…"

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

"… and people had to travel a great distance to purchase such products. Sheep were a very common animal in New Portland."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Weatherbee purchased the two lots that had burned. Mr. Weatherbee owned and operated Weatherbee Hardware on the opposite side of the street."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This pattern of Colonial settlement, including the process of purchasing parcels from the Gutch Estate, establishing homes and businesses, and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1890, a large organ was purchased for the church. Swett Drugstore Bottle, Bath,ca. 1920Patten Free Library William Mains Bill, Bath…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Society The original land grant for the purchase of Township Number One, later known as Peru, was made to William Wedgery of New Gloucester…"

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

"… lots as they could obtain control of either by purchase of by arrangement with the proprietor. This tract of land should then be placed in the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… night to meet with JDR, Jr., convincing him to purchase the acreage under logging threat, participate in an adjacent land exchange with Savage, and…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… Ice House closed at Sheppard's my father purchased the buildings and all the inventory. The ice there lasted three years."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"The land was purchased from Hiram and Betsey Pease for the sum of $125.00, April 28, 1885. One source states that in September 1839, Reverend E.S."

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

"… notes the sale of 3,000 casks of lime and the purchase of almost 3,800 lime casks. Even one of Knox’s ships was named the Quicklime."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He also purchased river lots #1 and #18 and the gore that lay between them. In 1826, Ira built the first house on West Broadway."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… most historic buildings in town.” The town had purchased the Corro house with plans to expand the library next door."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"Aurill. Mr. Cobb purchased the first athletic field for the new building. In 1850, the name of the school was changed to Mattanawcook Academy."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… in 1926 when Chester Jordan and Phillips Payson purchased land for an airport off Manson Libby Road."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… North Yarmouth left 30 pounds in his will for the purchase of books. Deacon White's largesse probably contributed to the establishment of a lending…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… hundred and three original proprietors (owners) purchased “home lots” of 10 acres near the coast. If they were able to improve the lots and keep…"

Skowhegan History House

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Seashore Trolley Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… Five teachers spent about two-week’s pay to purchase their own desks to assist in furnishing their rooms."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… from Kittery, Maine, after the revolution and purchased land in what was to become the Town of Surry in 1803."