Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library

"… library books were kept in stores, so the storekeepers were also called librarians. It started in 1847, when pioneers were interested in library…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Then storekeeper Tobias Roberts took the lead in Bar Harbor with Agamont House (1855). After that, the hotel race was on – and Bar Harbor won."

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

"Foster, postmaster and storekeeper; Chas. Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W. Kelley, druggist; Pike’s Market; A. Rowell; A.B."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"And the storekeepers and the fishing community and the church…it was a close-knit community.” Steamboat crew, ca."