Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Showmen wanted to hire him as a curiosity at their shows, but he refused. Even then he refused to become a pauper of the town. A historian, Sumner R."

Caribou Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Women's lives were hard and they often died young. Men frequently died at sea, and often children did not survive to adulthood."

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…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"They joined grant recipients from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in…"

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…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… X At the July training, each team shared their work to date, presenting an outline of one of five exhibit topics."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… on June 29, 1941, took the lives of 34 men and women from the Rumford/Mexico/Dixfield areas. Over the years, the mighty Androscoggin and its…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Many Hampden women worked in the mill’s rag room. In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"He commended the hard work of those who helped make the new school a reality. "The town can now continue educating it's children at home and have a…"

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."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"The class of 1924 graduated five women, although the very first graduate from the program—Loretta Kilfoil (Colton) received her diploma in 1923."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… she received 50¢ a week for doing the janitorial work in 1926. The regular salary was $10 to $15 a week."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… Veterans of the Civil War still carry on the work begun by the GAR in establishing and improving veterans facilities."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"There were men and some women of all sizes! Some were only 3 feet tall and some were over 7 feet tall! The manager introduced us."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"The population has remained stable, as many new residents work at Franklin Memorial Hospital and the University of Maine's Farmington campus."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"These men and women suffered difficulties they had not previously encountered and subsisted on the land and sea like they had probably never done…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"The 8th graders also worked on a digital map. The project topics chosen were: Our Conclusions As we looked at the lists of the hundreds of men who…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… to help out the needy; sometimes they even found work for the needy veterans. Because of what the G.A.R."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building in Farmington."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Hopefully, the men and women from Lincoln who are fighting in those wars will be returning home safely."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and worked on the Libby farm. He said that he had spent most of the previous day taking care of his…"