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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"… work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives The Crew"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill helped the economy of Hallowell because it brought money into the town. The Cotton Mill is a landmark in Hallowell because it was a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… of Mattawamkeag stationed in Iraq X   Bob Lyons Interview on the Korean War   Althea Nason Interview on Women in WWII Lincoln Then"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. Nason, Emma Huntington."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"In 1861, 86 volunteers came from Lincoln and in 1862, 58 volunteers came from Lincoln. During the war more than twenty-five regiments received…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women were expected to replace them in the workforce, and people of all ages contributed in a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many of the women worked at the mill while still in their teens. Adeline Gallant recalled the mill closing so the women could go see the men leave to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Americans received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to native people…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"This program was created by the U.S. Dept. of Labor and Dept. of Agriculture. “Women will go to farms where farmers are willing and ready to use…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The business employed seven or eight islanders full time and up to a dozen part time, but the business could not be sustained."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

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…"

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

"During the busy years, the increase in workers had a visible result on the island; there were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels…"

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

"Source Laughton, Rodney. Scarborough in the Twentieth Century . Portsmouth, NH:Arcadia Publishing, 2004."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Thanks to the generosity of the the Maine Women Writers Collection and the Abplanalp Library at the University of New England this volume also has…"

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."

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

"The mills closed and property became neglected. When the next group of settlers moved in, they took lots of land for themselves."

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

"… the improvement been greater than in the management of the mails which is so vital to the business interest of any community. (Small, 235-237)"

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

"… in Korea and Vietnam involved Scarborough men and women. The 1960s and 1970s were a traumatic time, as increased use of television brought world…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… after the medicinal fish oil factory closed for business, people could still smell the cod liver oil as you got near Johnson Island."

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

"Finally, in 1800 islanders voted to build two meeting houses, the Congregational on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on…"

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

"Private households and businesses first brought electricity to Swan's Island by purchasing generators."

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