Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… year a loaded crop and in a few years ceased bearing and died, my children feasted on this tree all the days it bore." View additional information…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… threw the strength to the sap in the top & made it bear prematurely." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"All egg-bearing females and those with a V-notch cut in a tail flipper must be released. Cutting a V-notch is meant to keep the females in the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"their coats most wholly red." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… in 1864, described the soldier as wearing "a bear skin cap a fine red broad cloth coat a pair of fine black broad cloth pants a fine cotton shirt…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… struck an upper current and began to sail off bearing easterly." His 6-year-old daughter, Ada, commented, while the balloon was at its highest…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Bears and raccoons ate their corn so that was not a successful crop. Meat victuals were woodchuck, bear, deer and raccoons."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Then the coming of the English settler, bearing the ax as well as the musket. Then the calm of peace and the growth of log huts, the ring of the ax…"

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

"His potatoes and turnips had kept well and the settlers used the potatoes for seed that year. Other important facts are known about Stephen and his…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift. Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… we got on to the field, sights that will hardly bear description met our eyes. Turn which way we would, nearly a dozen grim corpses lay before us…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The 1850 Maine Register lists five pogey factories for rendering fish oil in town. Toward the end of the nineteenth century the in-shore fisheries…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Route 9 bears northeast at Walnut Hill Village. Starting here, a portion of the road is marked as the North Yarmouth Memorial Highway, so designated…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"… tonight Everyone wanted to help keep alive those who yelp. Loving and caring for those they don’t know. Living today, still bearing the snow."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The brook which bears her name was once the water supply for the Town of Dixfield. The upper Weld Street area, which had very few houses until around…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"In the fall, trees are ablaze with a myriad of colors before giving way to winter’s frozen snowmobile trails and ice-fishing huts."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"A few years later, in 1783, the entire town suffered when early frost destroyed corn and wheat crops."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… one hand harassed by the British and commanded to bear a part in the administration of their affairs being (as they say) within their jurisdiction…"

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