Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… father tried to convince them to wait until spring,warning them about the perils of traveling at that time of year, but Stephen Titcomb’s family…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"The Maine Historical Society owns Wilkinson’s pencil and wash drawing of Mansion House alterations made during this period. In 1899 Harry C."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Work began and by the next spring Harold was back fishing from the Cappy. In a later diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… a clear summer day; but in stormy winter or foggy spring weather, he could ride only a few miles a day."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Fall and spring it traveled on wheels and in the winter on runners.The number of school children riding school buses in Scarborough has risen…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"They had the best stock and most business in the spring and summer. The House of Crafts and Flowers sells flowers, jewelry, and craft materials."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Finally, in Spring 2011, Sam and his spouse Jennifer Judd-McGee and two children embarked on a major expansion of the Old Ell by adding a new…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and thither? What was it really like in the spring when the mighty Androscoggin and its tributaries roiled with a winter’s logs? Each of the 12…"

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

"… a craft of 40 or 50 tons which was hauled in the spring of 1843. Wilson's MillPrince Memorial Library Mills Sawmills in existence in 1904…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Spring Cleaning at Hilltop House, Asticou, Northeast Harbor Maine, 1933Northeast Harbor Library The Big Barn, Asticou Way, Northeast Harbor…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"The last thing he patented was a spring-tooth rake. He invented other things – a pipe vise, an umbrella holder, and a portable camp."

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The building was stocked and opened in the spring of 1892. John Scales died in 1923. His son Charles Scales passed away in 1934."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"In the spring of 1900, the new Bag Factory at Rumford Falls was started; in December of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… and Swift Rivers often flooded in early spring. According to the writing of Anna Virgin Farrington, Indians from the Pennacook tribe had a camp on…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The covered bridge was first washed away by the spring flood of 1843. Many years later in 1857, due to Mother Nature, the bridge had been destroyed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… as funds allowed, usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all. Kids began at age six or seven, and it was common…"

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

"We also received grants from Poland Springs, and the Stephen and Tabatha King Foundation who provided furnishings for the library."

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

"The local school would put on Christmas and spring shows, sometimes taking stage at Chase Hall. The spirit of the town appears in the types of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"In the spring of 1795 Mr. Knight returned to his land with some workers, or two of his sons, burned some of the felled trees in preparation of a…"

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

"… Hill." The grass was hardly growing in the cold, spring air. Practically every child in town was there as they sang "In the Garden" and "The Old…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… the fall of 1872, and construction began in the spring of 1873. The road opened in December of 1874, and was leased by the E & NA."