Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"… who cannot lock the unwelcome visitor in some remote recess, but at whose musings the sorrowing shadow will unbidden come.” View/Download the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… goods, people, and information to and from their remote home. So, too, have they adapted to make a living off the sea that separates them from the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled areas. The discovery of chemical dyes and the gradual growth of a…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… officer of the Revenue Cutter Service, came to remote Eastport and Lubec during an era of all-pervasive smuggling."

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

"… wars and troubles did not spare even this remote island. Many Swan’s Islanders enlisted throughout the years, and those who didn’t fight found…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"At the time, many wondered why remote North Lubec was chosen for such an undertaking. Jernegan explained that the unusually high tides, swift…"

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

"… of crops and the hard life of settling in a remote area. The cost of seeds was high, as high as $1.00 for a peck of seed corn, and people had to…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"In the late 19th Century the leisure class made remote, rustic Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada fashionable."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Sandy River had for “ … sometime in the not remote past, served as a highway for the Abenakis.” (The Sandy River & Its Valley, Vincent York)…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… were not about to spend energy building roads to remote areas; instead, they made their homes close to water routes."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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