Maine Memory Network

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 - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… the society’s start of the yearlong Maine Memory project to research and map local homes, businesses and townspeople’s lives after the Civil War."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The cheese making business generated a need for more milk, because 10 pounds of milk produced one pound of cheese."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Bennie F. Osgood bought the location. Women's and children’s clothes were added to the line. On April 28, 1960, Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… of Jessie Monohon and Linnie Stanley, two young women who worked at the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were…"

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

"In 1840, the population was listed at 1,109 residents; today, more than 170 years later, the population has changed little, with an estimated 1,200…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"Over the years, the mighty Androscoggin and its in-coming rivers flooded the area. The most notorious flood happened in March, 1936, when the…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"This business organized in 1889 and had a switchboard at Clark’s store in the North village. As time progressed, the business grew and was named the…"

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

"… contact the doctor if he and his assistant were busy with patients. Ella would frequently relay his medical advice to the caller."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Brackley, a local business owner, donated a parcel of land on Upper Main Street, which was more than adequate for a school."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… at moving to the area or bringing jobs and business here, then they will look at our school and see that we are a National Blue Ribbon school and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"The petition with 36 signatures was submitted to the state legislature in 1856, at about the same time Mr. Beedy was contracted to build the bridge."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Station stands a house that was once an important business established in 1793. The Prince Tavern, with its distinctive arch, served those who…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Hundreds of young men and women from the city on the Penobscot left to serve their country in every corner of the globe."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the brow of the hill near the residence of H. B. Stoyell, Esq."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in Readfield by a tremendous snowstorm and the women and children were forced to remain for four months until spring, while the men journeyed ahead…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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