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

"Audio stories Swan's Islanders at Work and Play CD Our audios story tellers: Marguerite Staples, Marion Stinson, Sonny Sprague, Keving Staples, Eva…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… Hallowell because it provided jobs for men, women, and children. The Cotton Mill helped the economy of Hallowell because it brought money into the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… up to 44 male members, who each could have two women who might accompany them to the weekly dances and weekly dance lessons."

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

"The women packers had to work all day in the factories and then look after the children and household chores when they went home."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"Women were suited for the work because of their ability to sew. While Farmington and the world remembers Chester for his “ear protectors”, there was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… last Atlantic Postmaster was Debbie Staples, who worked there from 1990 to 1995. Maynard and Ethel's son, Donald 'Donnie' Staples, once kept…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"He worked on the island as a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may…"

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

"Farm animals were needed to do the heavy work such as plowing and also as transport of people from one part of the island to another."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… contribution to the war effort was 1,261 women and men. In 1861, 86 volunteers came from Lincoln and in 1862, 58 volunteers came from Lincoln."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Quarry work followed fishing as the second largest form of employment and source of traffic in island harbors."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire, saving the town. One memorable parade was in the same year that the Tiger…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Most of the teachers were women but one male is listed for the year 1909 and beginning in the mid 1930’s several male teachers are noted."

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… Protestant families) to cultivate the land and work his mills. Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber, and the fishing business began to…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The women and children sometimes traveled to the water's edge to pick fiddleheads. They also grew Jerusalem artichokes, which were well liked among…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… residents as people left for the mainland to seek work. Swan’s Island adapted to the economic and social presence of seasonal residents."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"So women ran the households. They cut and split firewood. They pickled, smoked and dried meat and fish. They tended the livestock."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… teacher, wrote to local servicemen and women--well over one hundred. Her chatty letters full of local news provided a valuable link to home. A…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… a larger than life legacy and who went where few women had gone before. Some of Mattie’s military records and citations plus personally autographed…"

Caribou Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Charlotte had a major impact on women and many other people before and after she died. She inspired many other women to follow their dreams, and not…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… appearance was so startling that he frightened women and children. Showmen wanted to hire him as a curiosity at their shows, but he refused."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… development it was estimated that 330 men and women were employed. Many of these new people were French or English from the St."