Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"Land for the airport was purchased from Lida Libby and George Eastman. The tract was slightly north of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… from the Young Adult Challenge were used to purchase furnishings and materials for the new space."

McArthur Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"In 1887, 30-year-old Clinton V. Starbird purchased the Starbird mill in Freeman from his father, Amos D. Starbird, who was moving to Florida."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Along with purchases for food and household goods, loans were given to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"They could not, however, obtain the purchase of it until July 2, 1789, when Col. Holman “paid earnest toward it, for himself and others.” All were…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… of patients led Bishop Walsh to arrange the purchase of a large building on the corner of State and Deering streets from Richard Payson."

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"In some instances, images were donated or purchased on their own, or within a small grouping, without companion archival materials or museum objects."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"The first school bus was purchased that year. In 1952 at a special town meeting on December 26, Islesboro residents voted unanimously to accept “the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"That reverend purchased the Goodwin residence on Ballard Hill and moved into it, the building serving as the church rectory. The Catholic Church, St."

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."