Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… along the Maine coast was an accidental by-product of the pursuit of fish. Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and fur trading along…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He tried selling some of his homemade products, but gave it up because his appearance was so startling that he frightened women and children."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… way, the company made more money by sending out production themselves. In 1886, it was officially administered as the John MacGregor Corporation."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… exchanged for cash, beef, pork, flour and wood products. The town entered a period of growth and prosperity and in 1820, the year that Maine…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"However, as mass production took over the industry, particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… offered its guests fresh produce and dairy products from local farms. The Homestead offered activities, like sailing expeditions, music, and picnic…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"As Walter had already decided to sell, he declined. Okell then asked if Arthur would be interested in selling the tobacco products since he had a…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… plants to be converted into a multitude of tissue products) was started in 1964. Then, on March 4, 1968, Standard Packaging announced that it was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… then, such as Morse and Company, offered wood products for home and business. Long term, but small foundries consolidated in an effort to survive."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… The need for rapid transport of crops and wood products influenced the development of an efficient railway system in the area throughout the later…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Acadian Archives

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

"… from where businesses and farmers sent their products to markets beyond Cumberland. Some businesses, due to the proximity of the railroad…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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