Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… survey map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies."

Porter Memorial Library

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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Norway Historical Society

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Hampden Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Property was purchased by Johnson-Cox Post 78, American Legion; members and volunteers provided the labor."

Dixfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… the townspeople took a survey and decided to purchase the land from Massachusetts for two shillings an acre."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… Paper Company bringing jobs to the area, he purchased a large tract of land that became known as Ridlonville."

Friendship Museum

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Belfast Free Library

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… this need, the Sisters of Mercy arranged for the purchase of property at 144 State Street. That same year, the Sisters received additional control…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Curtis purchased 40 acres of land on the Eastern bank of Northeast Harbor, built three houses by the time of his death, and forged a close…"

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

"It was then purchased by Arthur Coburn, then sold to C.B. Weese of Chicago. The company was called Carrabassett Dowel Company."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He purchased his own sporting goods store called Dakins Sporting Goods Co. in Bangor, which became very successful."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Minto Toothpick Company purchased a local wooden box mill and converted it to a toothpick mill. A grist mill and feed store changed hands from M."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"The purchase price of the land was traditionally believed to be a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Tradition says the purchase price was a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly. One condition of the sale was that Wackwarreska's daughter…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… to be Surry's first settler, in 1767 Patten purchased his first 100 acres in the town, and he later purchased 100 acres at Newbury Neck and other…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… first brought electricity to Swan's Island by purchasing generators. In 1950, island generated power brought electricity to all homes."