Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and some from as far away as Ohio."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… clipper ships carrying gold prospectors from New York to California, cotton from India to England, and bird guano from South America to Europe."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"This gold was sent to New York and proved to be enough to convince investors that a fortune was to be had."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"… coast, buying lobsters to carry to Boston and New York. As the demand for lobsters grew, something else opened up the lobster market -- canning."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… cities in the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. At this time a back to the land movement of sorts emerged."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr. to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… up and shipped to big cities like Boston and New York. Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… to ship goods to other cities like Boston or New York City and return with goods from those who traded with them."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians, dancers, singers, musical vaudeville, acrobats and aerialists, slapstick comedy…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… development by wealthy families from Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Designed by well-known architects, on often vast acreages, these summer…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and particularly Pennsylvania and Ohio."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not missed one for eighteen years."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… longer distances to markets in Boston and New York. In response to a demand for lobster that exceeded the range of smack boats, companies such as…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants…"

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

"… who often arrived by train from Boston, New York, Montreal and beyond. Set back on Route 1 not far from the Willowdale area was the Danish Village…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… 1881 she and her husband lived in Tuckahoe, New York. Later collections of her verse include Queen Catherine’s Rose which was published in 1885…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Trask went with his biographer to New York where they sold the booklets for ten cents each. The sight of Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Tracy, a New York lawyer, brought his family and their friends, 27 in all, for a whole month. Though other prominent visitors had visited the island…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… time it hit land was on Long Island, and New York. It hit Long Island directly as a category 2 hurricane."