Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… have made the same choice if I had been in Gary’s shoes. The man that Gary saved was Michael Durant, the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"A boot and shoe factory, a brick mill, a sawmill and a clothespin factory opened, and other businesses that followed also flourished because people…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… polished in their new ties, pants, and shiny shoes. Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m. on the bank of the "Church on the Hill." The grass…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… repairing a Marlin Spike, 2 augers, a crow bar To shoeing a horse To mending a Mill Bar for Sam’l Wheeler Contra By a pair of boots By a bushel of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… dogs, aerialists, wizards of the tight wire, soft shoe dancers, burlesque magicians and illusionists, jugglers, gymnasts, cyclists, and…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… ball? S: Well, Peacock’s bought my dress and my shoes and had my hair done. They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… we were only allowed to have a certain number of shoes. They would stamp each pair. How’d you get heating? We had woodstoves but it only kept one…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… emerging by the close of the 19th century were shoes, paper and wool. Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in Skowhegan up until the…"

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

"… the first built in 1803, salt factories, shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses."

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

"& B.F. Bartlett Saw Mill G. Cross Boot & Shoe Maker S.H. Webb “ “ “ “ D.S. Bennett Blacksmith Samuel F."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… that steps with you then see the glitter of your shoe, when You have set the pace they follow in your dust John R Braden you’re a winner just as…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… by-laws and minutes, outline contributions of shoes or household items to less fortunate families."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services to those earning incomes from the factories…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… met with initial success, and the boot and shoe industry continued to be viable for many more years."

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

"… by 1810, and there was a wheelwright shop, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse, and eleven homes. West vs."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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