Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"In Lincoln, trains were the primary transport method. Railroads now: Trains now run on fossil fuels or electricity."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"The volunteers also do training, fundraising, equipment, and maintenance. They also might be responding to forest fires."

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… In the years following the Revolution many trained physicians came to the Kennebec Valley to establish medical practices."

Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… of kind treatment, and physical and moral training, they may be won back to ways of virtue and respectability, and fitted for positions of…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Leech, Eric. Bringing Back The Train. 14 Aug. 2008. Planetgreen.com. 14 Apr. 2011…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"By the mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with defibrillators. By 1965, Mercy had expanded from 25 beds to 285."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge across the Scarborough River narrowed clearance for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Alger Deed X A second settlement was established across the river at Blue Point in 1636. A year before Cammock's patent had been granted, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" Sources Dunstan River X Acts and Resolves of the Legislature of Maine."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"A ferry was established on the Spurwink River, and Ambrose Boaden was the first ferryman.(1) Around 1673 the town was ordered to have good and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… with its marsh, fresh water streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for fisheries, clam digging, lobster fishing and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"After the Civil War Seth Scamman and partners formed the Cumberland Diking Company, the Little River Diking Company and the Southgate Diking Company."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"The marsh includes five tidal rivers, several smaller streams, some coastal freshwater marsh, tidal flats and less than 200 acres of upland habitat."

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

"… is where the Scarborough, Nonesuch and Libby Rivers converge and the departure point for many fishermen."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… things that happened like the mill or the train wouldn’t have been here and that would have stopped all of the other towns that relied on the mill…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… but also for other creatures in the marshes, rivers and the ocean’s edge. The number of commercial licenses is limited and they are difficult to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… the eastern side of the mouth of the Spurwink River. X The Middleton struck a ledge off Higgins Beach and sustained a large hole in the bow…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Both early and modern times had doctors who were trained. Some doctors could be specialized, like the osteopathic doctor."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy. This is unlike most soldiers who fight in tanks or in…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain speed, and try to move forward again. Trains ran the risk of derailing."