Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5

"There were good times in the potato fields and there were also bad times, too. But they always got though it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"Edwena has lived in The County all her life. She started work in the potato fields when she was about seven or eight years old."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The Sagadahoc County Courthouse 94 Front Street"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"It was this organization which acquired the first landholdings that eventually became Acadia National Park."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Purse with fabric woven by Mali Agat, ca. 1785Maine Historical Society The Sokokis/Saco main village is thought to be Sowocatuck, where modern day…"

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

"Stephen Titcomb’ s lot was the most northern of the six. The group returned to their homes in Topsham to get supplies, axes, saws and other tools to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES "What the book said to the Boy". Library bookmark.

"SEE NOTES "What the book said to the Boy". Library bookmark. Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Commercially printed…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"… imported Canadian potatoes, a group of Aroostook County potato farmers filled the parking lot of the Presque Isle Agricultural Center on December…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"Other areas of the country used bags or baskets to do this. A barrel is about 19 inches (48 cm) in diameter across the top and about 30 inches (76…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"Coal was also hauled into Franklin County by train. The depot in Strong was located on the street that we call Norton Hill today."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother and father did have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve year-old’s fist. It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Gillet, Publisher, 1851. Sagadahoc County, Maine. J. Chace, Publisher, 1858. City of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Roe & Colby, 1873."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"When the money was raised to build the "new" library building, one of the architectural features was a vault where items deemed valuable and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Welcome

"… of our goals is to instill an understanding of the past and a passion for local history in the next generation of Farmington citizens."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"The History Room contains the archived collections of the Patten Free Library and the Bath Historical Society."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"It was the largest city in York County, and one of the largest cities in Maine. In the streets people spoke mostly English and French, but you could…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles weakened the financial…"

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

"Francis Fassett also built the Sagadohoc County Courthouse. Henry Swanton was the president of Bath Savings for many years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"While his early work is not fully documented, it is likely that he was responsible for the Italianate design of the Bank Block at Front and Lambard…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Behind the white picket fence, you can see the Measuring Rock from the road. Stephen Titcomb lived in a house that was approximately on the same lot…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"The rose window is high above where the original altar was located in the sanctuary. A minister who studied Greek said the words are not of the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"It does not reflect the life and achievements of the woman, the professor, and the athlete. Carolyn A."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"Stevens supported the theory that the reason the workers were getting sick from yellow fever was because of the mosquitoes."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"The season lasted a mere three weeks. Franklin Farm Products Cooperative, established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s…"