Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947

"Today it is better known with its hotels and B&Bs as a tourist spot while Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor are now home to the summer population and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"… this day Davis Brother's Furniture is still a hot spot in appliances and furniture in the area. They only employ a few people but they have a very…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… BCEAbbe Museum Nearly 500 years ago, Wabanakis spotted the first European sailing ships cruising along their seacoast."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… many are familiar with the island as a vacation spot, few are aware of its rich, eclectic arts history and its role as a major destination for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… called Cadillac) was one of the most beautiful spots for miles. Frances H. Clerque of Bangor decided that he would bring the two together and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"there were many shipbuilding spots on the shore of Kennebec River in Hallowell. Then in the 1900s, oil was brought to the waterfront in tanks."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"In 1987, they relocated the business to a spot between Main and Park Street. The old building was sold to Joe Lockhart who opened Joe’s Second Hand…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"her dress was a blue & red spotted Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… wrote home urging her mother to “please send my spotted muslin.” And, as the book Agreeable Situations (Brick Store Museum, 1987) records, in about…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… a plain yellow-beige, slim faile rayon mid-calf dress with brown polka-dot spotted fabric trimming, and a coordinating unlined jacket and scarf."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… Kennebec and made a path for themselves to the spot where the old cotton factory now stands in Hallowell."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… made dark colors is so that airplanes could not spot the cars. Presque Isle Historical Society Back then there were a lot more different car…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon pens were located in several spots around the island. There were some near Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… princess-line dress with a small blueberry-like spot print. Well-worn everyday dresses tend not to remain pristine, and are thus not saved, whereas…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"Then they got to a spot where it was too shallow to go on by boat, so they started to cut a path through the thick woods of Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… lot as the Methodist Church (down on the level spot near the road). There’s a stream called Blunt’s Brook that crosses the road near where Ebenezer…"

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… known as 'the slucieway,' provided a prime spot to build mills and factories. The sluiceway can no longer be seen today because of dams that caused…"

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

"… Elias Hutchins, placed a stone marking the spot of this homestead. He chiseled D.H. 1783 on the front and E.H. on the back."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… built stone watchtowers and once a whale was spotted, an alarm was sounded and twenty or so villagers would head out to get the whale."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"… started with the contractor- he selected the spot where wood was to be cut, and later dumped in rivers."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Officer Lawrence was doing night patrol and spotted Daniel Wilkinson after attempting to break into the chandlery."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"The town hall was not built again on this spot. (Maine Memory Network 2000-2010) One of the big fires that happened was on December 7, 1902."