Maine Memory Network

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

"The west line, also a part of the south line of New Portland, is the county line between Franklin and Somerset counties."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… website, thus creating unity across several lines. While the world remains in conflict in all corners and the global economy is as scary as it’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Product lines were soon expanded to include toys, furniture parts, hobby and craft items, dowels of all sorts, and primarily, golf tees."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"When the rail line was abandoned and the tracks taken up, it removed the natural barrier surrounding the fair grounds."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Electricity and phone lines dotted the landscape about the same time. Not long after, the town was seeing the “mechanical horse” on the streets."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… board feet of timber rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to break up jams and keep…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Guilford where they soon expanded their product line to include tongue depressors, candy and ice cream sticks, meat skewers, wrapped ice cream…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… West, divided T15-R3 WELS (West of the Easterly Line of the State) into 160-acre lots and offered them - free - to anyone willing to put in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"Each day the power was getting back town by town. January 13,1998 •DAY 7. The ice was melting January 14,1998 •DAY 8. The final day of the storm."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Farmington Town Map, 1794 Farmington Downtown Map, circa 1860 Farmington Topographical Map, 1924 Abbott Park Original Design Map "Paths" in Google…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… becoming well known for their Moosehead Blanket line. In the flood April of 1923, water overflowed the concrete abutments, rushed around the side…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… he went on numerous patrols in front of the lines and succeeded in destroying several machine guns and killing numerous enemy riflemen."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… which allows phone operators to connect phone lines) for a while. The first floor contained a French and Elliot IGA store."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Before it was built the railroad lines were either woods, towns, or fields. Train Depot, Guilford , ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… Railroad is reported to be surveying an expansion line into the village and laying out a depot location."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The car’s walls were lined with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… for the first two years, though some of its lines may tell of uncertainties, trials, and anxieties, yet in its present results will speak of…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… melting and the power was coming back slowly town by town. Most of the state can go out side to start cleaning up the disaster."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… best kept trucks, pumps, or anything along those lines. Host Muster Ribbon, Fire Association, Hallowell, July 28, 1962Hubbard Free Library To…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"For example, if Line 21 called Line 51, and Line 51 was busy, then operators had to wait until Line 51 was clean, then call Line 21 back and connect…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"Note the majestic Elm trees that lined the street, shading the houses. On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… leaving behind ice coated streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints. At its height in 1866, there were two hundred people working at the mill at one time."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Britain in 1780 and considered “behind enemy lines” when scientists from Harvard determined that a solar eclipse would occur on October 27th, 1780…"