Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… year's plethora of information included maps, a ships manifest, newspaper articles, history of the Vaughan Woods and Homestead, annual reports…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… Salt II River Driving In Maine , Tall Trees Tough Men by R. Pike, From Stump to Ship (video), The Upper Kennebec Valley , Vol. 2, by Jon Hall"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Ships were sent down to Boston to collect even more clothes. All the cloth was then transported to the Crosby Paper Mill in Hampden, Maine."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Wilson Museum

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… a Topsham sawmill, he rose to become the largest ship owner in Maine and a successful merchant. His business interests included real estate…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… the winter, packing them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston. Some farmers hung on and there were at least five…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The Lincoln News was printed in Bangor, then shipped to Lincoln. Some of the stories took place in Mattanawcook."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Jefferson initiated an embargo on overseas shipping which only served to further anger border communities."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The British seized ships in the harbor and burned eight. Selectmen Patten and Bradbury, fearing that the British would burn their village, negotiated…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Word of mouth from artists and ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… DESCO, stated that, “None of us wanted to see the ship go down, but we can not, and will not, stand for mediocrity.” Thus, the Johnson business was…"

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

"Farmers shipped their milk in large cans out of town for processing. East New Portland also was the site of the first store erected at “The Falls.”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… on the lumber industry with the lumber being shipped down the Aroostook River to the St. John River and then back into the United States duty free…"

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

"Even one of Knox’s ships was named the Quicklime. A letter from Knox to his foreman William Howe Wiggen, dated January 15, 1805 and quoted in Eaton…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… submerged boxcars alongside a double-masted ship on the Penobscot River during the Bangor flood of March 20, 1902.Bangor Public Library Text by…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… student musicians providing music from a nearby ship. That was the beginning of the Blue Hill Troupe."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… spirit that infused the passengers on the first ships from England 140 years before them. There were few necessities at hand beyond their own hard…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the most important one…"