Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… will it descend to resemble the ghost villages of Sound and Center – once thriving island villages that have no commercial businesses at all…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"However, BIW was sufficiently sound to survive and shift its production to other vessels such as the 32 fishing trawlers built for the French…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"… formed to promote and protect environmentally sound tourism and the historical, cultural, ecological and economic environment of Lubec."

Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"…   CMP Graph 2 Download This is what the Journal of a CMP lineman might have sounded like: Written by Dylan Thiboutot Lineman's Journal"

Historic Hallowell - Communication

"It was the first system of electronic broadcasting as well. O’Brien’s company produced some of the first electric horns for automobiles."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… partners for life The two of them heard not a sound Not even the old town hound The next morning they found out When they heard someone shout…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"Lucia. Swedish folk dancing and the sounds of Swedish music can still be heard during the various festivals and celebrations."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"… king apple as to quality, size, durability, and soundness." Martin found it "a specie of greening with a red cheek the flesh when ripe a juicy…"

Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"They would share the rewards, except for the tongue, which was given to the church as a favored delicacy."

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

"Photo Courtesy of the Larchmont (NY) Historical Society. X The Rhode Island Century described the Larchmont “as one of the finest side-wheel…"

Wilson Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Branches iced over, trees fell down, it sounded like gun shots, it was a vicious noise attack. Some elders where rushed out of nursing homes without…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"It was Osgood Walker, and the hill became named for this family. Some of the inventors living in the Town of Dixfield during its early history…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… of an exciting new feature, the Gordon Sound System, an extremely important addition to the enjoyment of the national pastime."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"Other prominent area youth coaches, who coached and contributed to the basketball talent level at the community center or “Institute”, were John…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"People with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… on our future if they do not return home safe and sound. Their children who love them a lot and miss them when they are gone out fighting are being…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Aaron Woodbury sounds like a very cool guy; I would like to meet him, but I can’t because he’s dead, so I will have to do with what I learned."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Each factory would sound its own distinctive whistle to alert workers that there were fish to be processed. Sardine packers, Lubec, ca."

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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