Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"They had to be accommodated with boarding houses, and the management decided that they must live as well as work under the best possible conditions."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… Oxford Paper, was elected a member of the first board of directors of Champion International in 1901.) At the same time, it was announced that…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The company also built a large boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row for their workers’ families, a stable and two barns."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row Street for their workers' families, a stable and two barns."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… the tents, on rusty cook-stoves set up on a few boards. -Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 8/23/1884 Life behind Wabanaki sale tents was at…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards to give the ice blocks a direction into the stacks."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… once again became a place to watch as millions of board feet of timber rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade. When the building opened in 1858, Joseph Berry was Collector of Customs and Joseph C…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… in the form of a hollow umbrella-shaped sounding-board suspended above his head by a well carved hand and arm let down from the ceiling, as if from…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… Merrill, North Yarmouth Historical Society Board Members, North Yarmouth Town Office staff, Sally Semmes Pierce, and Richard Semmes."

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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First Parish in Portland

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The teacher usually boarded with a family in the area. Dyer School Building, cr. 1910Strong Historical Society Dist.# 1 - Dyar School was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… represent the Maine Woods at expositions and on boards promoting tourism. However, with the introduction of the automobile and trucking industry…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"Johns and of the Coast from thence to Passamaquoddy,” enclosed in Michael Francklin to the Board of Trade, 22 Nov 1766, CO 217, LAC."

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

"Nearby were the Hillcrest Market, Robert Ash’s shoemaker’s shop, the Herrick family’s hotel/boarding house, and Mr."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… meticulously maintained, Secretary of the Bangor Board of Trade Edward Mitchell Blanding assured the public that Riverside Park offered suitable…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… on Parker Point and the creation of The Homestead boarding house provided incentive to spend long summers along Maine’s beautiful coast."

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

"… at the new plant that it was difficult to find boarding space in town. Over 700 laborers were involved in the construction."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the early 1860s."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… politics, he was a Member of the Park & Cemetery Board. He was prominent in Masonic Lodges, and he was a member of the Knights Templar."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… prepared him for his job." He serves on the board of CBS and a few other international advisory boards."