Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… small gatherings for tea and family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the Inn."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… to Mount Desert Island had just one port of call: Southwest Harbor. That changed when store and innkeeper Tobias Roberts built a simple wooden…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"… many others with something that they could hardly call a home. With roofs caved in from the amount of ice buildup and yards filled with broken…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… in the residue would cook off, leaving a product called pearl-ash. Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were worth more than any other product a farmer could…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"500 CMP operators taking calls made 1.5 million transactions 4. More than 4 million people without electricity in the Northeastern US and Canada."

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"The Rain Stave was used together with ring bolts called wrung or rain bolts to force the planks closer to their shape and the ship's frame."

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

"… are willing and ready to use their labor.” Calls from the government came: • “Plant an Acre” • “Cut a Cord” • “Raise More Wheat and More Animals”…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"… by Karyn Field Crosby's Grist Mill Store, called Old Brick Store, Hampden, built in 1807Hampden Historical Society While Hampden was not the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… or Olive and finally Hampden Settlers called the township Souadabscook Plantation or Wheeler’s Mills."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It was originally called “Little Island,” then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… 1900Thomaston Historical Society By 1843, after calls by inspectors for a new more humane prison, a new wing was erected."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"The company’s first call to service was later in the year when a fire broke out in the Carr O’Brien Block next door, location of the George's…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"A large rally was held at Norumbega Hall and the speakers called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… restrictions included hose (today we would call them pantyhose) as well as many other articles of clothing due to the need for the materials in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… area at the mouth of the Saco River, and called it Winter Harbor. They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"The French called the ethnic group of southwestern Maine “Armouchiquois“, but the tribes often referred to themselves by their family band name."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"In Blue Hill Bay there still sits an island called Long Island that was once a thriving community but now is void of anyone."

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"… Low, and grandson of Deacon Robert Low, sometimes called Elder Low. Moses Guilford Low X Guilford Low lived to be 93 years of age."

Maine Maritime Museum

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New Hampshire Historical Society

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"In the early 1900s it was called Sweets Pond. Strong students have always liked going to the lake. Class picnics often took place at cottages on the…"

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

"… has developed a new commemorative trail called the Fly Rod Crosby Trail which will eventually stretch 45 miles and connect the communities of…"