Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"People from New York came to buy furs a lot. Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… packages to the Colored Seaman’s Home in New York and placed the following in its Annual Report: Thus we may have the satisfaction of feeling that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"He was a stock holder that worked in New York and he took a shine to my father. It was 1929- sometime in the summer- and he said to my father, “I…"

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

"The stately federal-style houses that grace the shaded village streets of Blue Hill today were built in the early nineteenth century with profits…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… an office in the Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric offerings."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Snow went on to work in education Chicago and New York before she died in New York on March 21, 1924. She was 65 years old and is buried in Bangor."

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."

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."

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 - 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…"

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"In a letter written by Clementine to Mrs. York and donated to the Farmington Historical Society by Ellen Greer, Clementine shares her thoughts on…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… he operated at Newbury Neck came from Boston, New York and other ports in ships which Coggins owned."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

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

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… American Railroad, which was intended to link New York with Canada and, via ships, to Europe. It would be the final step in the transcontinental…"

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."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As upset as he was with the "negative" changes in society and especially their effects on his…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"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…"

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…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"What inspired New York investors to come there was a well-established and well-known fishery involving harvesting herring for smoking and pickling."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Industry Julius Wolff, a food broker from New York, arrived on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in 1875 attracted by the abundance of small herring…"