Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Some were powered by dams like the Wire Mill Dam. The dams worked like this. First, the water behind the dam flew through a pipe connected to a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… group of actors, directors and producers from New York City pulled together a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

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

"… acre at a profit of $40.04.” (Note: Brenda Voter York (and Herbert "Bussy" York) of Sandy River Farms, won the 2008 National Corn Growers' Assoc."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… married Melinda Carlton and farmed in New York and Avon and in Freeman. He enlisted from Freeman as a Sergeant in the Company D 28th Maine Infantry…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"of New York opened the Baird’s Quarry in Minturn in 1901. It was one of 2 major commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… large outdoor trade shows in Boston and New York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United States Senate, resigning in 1796 to become United States Minister to…"

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

"… two newcomers leased Hiram Comstock’s tidal grist mill located at Mill Creek in North Lubec. According to Reverend Jernegan in the prospectus he…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… Carl Stinchfield, Janice Pike, Steve Pinkham, Joy York, June Flagg, Valerie Tucker, Jami Badershall, Delena Sargent, Larissa Vigue Picard, Rachel…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905 At Somesville, the presence of flowing water meant that mills, such as this lumber mill, could be…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… attention with coverage on CBS news, in the New York Times, People Magazine, Opera News, and the Boston Globe."

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."

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 - Rustication

"They were truly "summering" in Maine. Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"After the death of his wife, Jacob moved to New York and his brother, Samuel P Abbott took over Little Blue, and opened it as a school for boys in…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Flour produced by his grist mill helped provide a more varied diet for area residents. In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug…"

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field Book. New York: Harper Brothers, 1896. Print. Scott, Geraldin Tidd."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Lillian Whitmarsh of New York made the town a present of her stone summer residence to be remodeled and used as a consolidated school."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Abenakis.” (The Sandy River & Its Valley, Vincent York) Although the early Indian settlements were largely uninhabited by the time the first white…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… Fulton Redman, spent most of the year in New York and summers in Bar Harbor. He was also an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan."