Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… Maine is reflected in four images of men holding compasses, folding rules, and framing squares. The building trades are illustrated in pictures of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Rumford Smith. They followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… owned an earlier jewelry trade had a sign of a compass to symbolize that everything in his store had perfect measurements, that his jewels had…"