Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Telephone communication In 1896 two store owners, H.W. Joyce in Atlantic and Isaac W. Stinson in Swan's Island Village, had a telephone line between…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Running the Town Decades went by before a woman served in a municipal office. In 1929 Bessie Joyce was listed as a member of the Superintending…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"Sawyer, Sawyer & Moulton Copy of a Draft Contract between Rumford and Mexico Water District, Rumford, Maine…Contract for Stripping Basin Mt."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The Town of Rumford formed the Board of Water District Trustees in March, 1911. Said Trustees were: Charles M. Bisbee, Cleon S."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… Free Library The Hallowell Iron Foundry supplied the Hallowell Cotton Mill with parts for the machines when they were broken."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"JHallowell residents, Jude Rice and Dr. Hill, supplied the money to build the automobile. George McClench, Frank McClench, and Charles L."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… from the line in 1956 as focus shifted to medical supply items. In 1958, a devastating fire wiped out the entire production and warehousing…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"The sail loft they built in 1875 still stands in its original location on Water Street at the foot of Green Street."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… rights to great tracts of land for hardwood supplies in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia. Workmen with knowledge of ship measurement…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"A new water treatment plant, with major supply lines and many miles of stainless steel pipe, was installed to deliver the purest of waters to all…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… situated on the eastern bank of Mill Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The water supply came from the river using a pump in the Piscataquis Woolen Mill. In 1931 the Town purchased their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"Their first major obstacle was the Ticonic Falls. Bateaux are very heavy boats and hard to maneuver, so they are mainly used for paddling in slow…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Cotton mills in the north had to buy the supplies when the southern states were saving money with their machinery."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in the best interest of all concerned if the bears bathed somewhere else."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… so many of the early pioneers who needed to get supplies and get around settled along the coast and on the islands."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… logs if wish to so that as to timber we can be supplied. As to the filling, it seems to me that as there is a large amount of ledge at either end…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies. Drapers Mill was a supplier of box boards to other mills."

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

"Leavitt Brothers supplied Burnham & Morrill and the Soldiers’ Home in Togus. A December 1893 newspaper article stated that Leavitt Brothers shipped…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio (1953-1955) Belanger’s Variety (1955-1972) The Hobby Shoppe…"