Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"The welcoming of houses brought the rapid growth of mills. In the 1790s, first mills were built along the 'sluiceway' and small dams were erected to…"

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

"Steam power ushered in a golden age of sorts for the island, with growth on all fronts. The first steam powered seiner, the Novelty, was commissioned…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The heyday of American shipping was from 1815 to 1859, and shipyards were a significant employer of Surry workmen in Surry village, East Surry and…"

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

"Mr. Strickland told us that a lot of people liked to work there. Wood working was some of their hobbies which meant they liked to work in the mill."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"that helps American businesses in foreign markets. He conducts international business in China and all around the world."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"American Merchant Ships General Publishing Co. Ltd, Printer 1987 Rockland Courier Gazette Newspaper clippings, documents, deeds, manuscripts and…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"at the corner of Vermont and U Streets in northwest Washington, D.C. Phebe and Olin met in Surry upon his return from five years on the battlefields…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"X Feeding Our Soldiers Many Americans tended victory gardens to grow their own fruits and vegetables; in fact, most people became gardeners."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"As time went on, manufacturing became an important part of Skowhegan’s economy. In 1790, one of the first settler’s, Peter Heywood, established a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"The bulk of the research that has been done on his personal and business papers has focused on his national career: His years as chief of artillery…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Charles Herring started a slaughterhouse. The American Legion Hall was built and operated a bowling alley and pool tables."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

""Civil War Alphabetic List of American Battles." American Civil War History Timelines Battle Map Pictures. 13 Apr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"It punished American merchants in the process by prohibiting trading. However, Paine surreptitiously continued trading at great risk and was so…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"Housed primarily in Montpelier, an elegant reconstruction of the nineteen room mansion Knox built as a retirement home in Thomaston, the museum…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"XIV). Names of Soldiers who, In Defense of the American Union, Martyrdom in Prison Pens Throughout The South. Washington: D.C."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"Knox, commander of the American artillery in the Revolution, Secretary of War from 1785 to 1794 and close friend of George Washington, left his…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Yet the work of filling them was the same essentially as at the beginning of the industry, and still was “women’s work.” Some mechanization in this…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"To the Oxford Paper Company the challenge was: How to keep producing paper needed in the war effort despite frightening shortages of manpower, wood…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"In the tunnel were reportedly old clothes and other items which may have been used to disguise the slaves as they made their way to Canada."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"The descendents of the original proprietors had large families, and the population grew rapidly. On its books in 1764, North Yarmouth listed 188…"