Maine Memory Network

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

"The town's tax assessor in 1792 reported 50 houses, 8 mills, 6 stores, 95 oxen, 178 cows, 58 hogs, and 5 horses. Shipbuilding and Seafaring ."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(C) Annual report of the municipal officers of the town of Biddeford. Biddeford, Me. : The Town. 1860-66. (C) Baker, Emerson W."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Their annual report noted “We filled all available space in the old unused amphitheater with influenza cases,” but “it was extremely difficult to do…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"A visitor in 1792 reported that in one day he saw five ships in Eden, one headed to London, another to Santo Domingo and three to Boston."

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

"These steps are described by Hall in his report of 1896 (pp. 476-78) and the 1900 Report of the Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics (pp."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The next day the Advertiser reported: The firemen paraded yesterday as previously announced. The apparatus of the department appeared to be in good…"

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

"As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"It was reported that Jonathan Weston suggested the name for one of the German free cities because of its shape, location and the fact that trading…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… later published in the Board of Agriculture report for the state of Maine, focused on the development of the county."

Prince Memorial Library

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Some of what the team found contradicts press reports about island living. While the newspapers declared the islanders to be "lazy" and "shiftless,’"…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… the September 1, 1938 Christian Science Monitor reported that two of Litchfield’s violins were taken to the North Pole by Arctic explorer Donald B."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"The August 1, 1898 edition of The Boston Herald reported, “Never did a fisherman bait his traps with more alluring or attractive morsels that did…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… there were only three teachers and one assistant reported working at the school, which quickly grew in both attendance and popularity during the…"

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

"In 1803, the Court heard a report of a plan for the extension of this new county road that would run north from North Yarmouth to Hallowell, a road…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… School and according to the Scarborough Town Report he was paid $9 for the year for this service."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The inquiry conducted by the MCRR was reported in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, which carried testimonies from the hearings in the weeks…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Finally, on May 31, the Eastern Argus newspaper reported that the troops were readying to leave. They were visited by Gov."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Print. City of Bangor, Maine. Annual Reports. 1930-1940. Print. Godfrey, John E. History of Penobscot County Maine."

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."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"The Bangor Daily Commercial reported that this much interest in a racing event had not been seen since the Hank’s Grand Circuit race in 1913…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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