Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in 1898 when Dr."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… remain to be thrown out when his portion of the contract will be completed. In regard to the bridge, it is stretching out its wooden legs and arms…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the next edition right on schedule by temporarily contracting with a publisher in another Maine community."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… life he suffered from malaria that he probably contracted during the war. Charles came home, too. But their brother Luther did not return."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Maine Central Railroad then contracted for replacing that station in 1941 with a brick building that remained in service until 1959."