Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"… in the morning and attend secondary school for a small part of the day. Younger factory workers would attend nursery school for part of the day…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… efforts of the Clarks were devoted to making a small clearing and to the creation of a temporary dwelling."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"… is so much history and life packed into such a small, accessible and inviting environment. The history of Hallowell is one that is linked to the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… wrote the remarks, he was operating his own small store. He wrote that merchants paid into a fund that was used to buy goods in order to control…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Small chipped stone arrow points mark the arrival of bow and arrow technology, in addition to the age old spear and atlatl throwing board and dart."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Nog was a small piece or a block of wood, and the Oker was used to mark red chalk on wood. The Racing Knife marked or shaped a cut of an object."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Boats of all sizes and types, from rowboats and small sailboats, to fishing boats were used for this purpose."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… alongside these original manuscript records are small histories and genealogies gathered and written by John McKeen, historian and one of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… and Saco, but many also opened their own small businesses. The influx of immigration created cultural but more specifically, religious changes to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"A small number of affluent widows and single women were therefore among those colonists who became landowners."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… the improvement been greater than in the management of the mails which is so vital to the business interest of any community. (Small, 235-237)"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… Stream was hard to navigate because of its small size. But one way that people used the Vaughan Stream was for power."

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"The site selected was a small hill not far from the Penobscot River, called Ballard Hill. The townspeople did most of the work themselves."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"1900Byron Historical Society Byron is a small town located in the northeast corner of Oxford County."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… branch and representation in the legislature from small towns.[32] Throughout the waning months of 1819, the delegates continued to draft a new…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… Museum Living in scattered homesteads and small hamlets, these hardscrabble settlers busied themselves with fishing, logging, farming, and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Church, Biddeford, 1955McArthur Public Library Small, innovative businesses popped up and created opportunities although mostly away from the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… the Vellux blanket by Francis Spencer, and a very small portion of the mills continued operation making a variety of blankets."

Pittsfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"There are still many small businesses, often in local homes, to support other local needs in this little town of a little over 1600 people."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"It was one of only a few small hospitals at the time. The nurses and doctors at the Workman’s Hospital saved countless lives and delivered lots of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"In haste, only a small delegation showed up at a convention at the courthouse in Portland. With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"of glass. Jenkins sold his business to Maurice Small in 1945, who in turn sold it in 1964 to Charles Haynes."