Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The school later housed special needs children until it closed for good in 1969. Eventually, the schoolhouse came under the ownership of Farmington…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Early Schooling School House, South Surry, 1900Surry Historical Society In 1795, an East Surry schoolmaster went from log house to log house…"

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

"Red Men's Hall, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Fraternal organizations such as the Redmen and the Odd Fellows appeared on…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Red deer processing 85 cents per pound dressed; inspection charge is included to kill. Buffalo/bison processing is 40 cents per pound dressed, $100…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Clevie remarried after Mary, a Sunday school teacher, passed away in 1950. He married his second wife Erdine Kent Watling in 1954, and the couple…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… they were able to navigate the bureaucratic red tape of crossing the Iron Curtain and plan a tour in the Soviet Union as Nowick had hoped."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

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

"A new school was built in 1954, at the site of the current town office. Islanders have fond memories and horror stories of school life before and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against the opinions of two men when determining school business."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"There were two floors to the school, with the older students upstairs. Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… and Kate Mrozicki) X Surry Elementary School This multi-faceted project has supported our school's continuing tradition of studying and sharing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic stores, the school, post office and church. When it was first constructed, Seaside Hall served as Atlantic's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The kids from Stonington High School used to come down once a year on the steamboat and they’d play, come up and play different, you know, their…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… break the silence of the savage region, only the red man and his wild beast companions wandering in undisputed possession through the pathless…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Red Row Houses, Stockholm, ca. 1925Stockholm Historical Society On Red Row there were 16 duplex houses built by the Stockholm Lumber Company around…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"She would visit Swan's Island during school vacations as a child. Her family moved here in 1976 after she graduated from high school."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"The club met after school to solve 'mysteries' with island artifacts, play games, work on exhibits, act out historical scenes, and learn from local…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"… Historical Society As members of a small island school, many of Swan's Island's k-8th grade school share common ancestry."

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

"Schools, post offices and churches were established in whatever manner possible—run out of private homes before they had buildings of their own."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"He would fly over the fishing grounds, locate the schools of herring, and radio the location to the fishermen."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures cont'd

"… three villages had their own stores, churches, schools and post offices, so the young people took advantage of the socials to get to know people…"