Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"The plan of the Immigration Board representative, Mr. Albert A. Burleigh, Esq., was to select 25 of these lots, have the state clear five acres on…"

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

"At first, parents boarded the teachers, with each family's time based on how many children it had in school."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… was not yet in place; visitors still boarded in private homes and arrived by water. Travel around the island was by water or rickety “buckboard”…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… down and transform trees into logs and logs into boards. Hallowell Steam & Boom Company, Kenebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Free library, was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… office is at one of the schools, but the school board meetings are still held at City Hall. Also, the Bath Police Department has its own building…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"These kids performed the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"He was paid $6 a week, which included the board for his horse. It seems that he was principal for less than a year, for one Elias Upton was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"Comments may be directed to the Board of Directors of the Blue Hill Historical Society at info@bluehillhistory.org."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… second floor had a telephone exchange (the switch board which allows phone operators to connect phone lines) for a while."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… run through computer programming, or managed on board by a handful of staff. Train tracks are now made of steel or other metals."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy. Most of the pines measured about a yard across and…"

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… the direction of the trustees and the school board, comprised of Verne Flood, Mrs. Lawrence Eustis and Stanley Allen, construction of the new…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… eight grades, earned $10 a week, and they usually boarded with a local family. Today, MSAD 58 students from kindergarten to eighth grade attend the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… quasi-municipal non-profit organization had a board of three trustees elected by the voters of the district."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… school every day, although some choose to simply board on the mainland. In 2008, a fire at the Swan’s Island Library tragically destroyed many of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Early ferries were conveyances that were mainly boards and ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… down as President of Oxford to remain on the board as only a member, while his son, by the same name, would take the helm."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… founding committee evolved into a more formal Board of Trustees. By 1993, 22 women with 28 children had resided at the Portland location."

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"Sister Annunciata served as board chair of the Maine Hospital Association from 1951 to 1953. Aside from her professional attributes, Sister…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of enormous amounts of both pine and spruce boards began. Logging crews would cut wood in late summer and by winter roads were cleared for the…"