Maine Memory Network

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

"… the largest state to produce potatoes in the country. All they needed was a train to transport them."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Athletes Dan Simoneau born 1959: Olympic cross-country skier Seth Wescott born 1976: Two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional snowboarder…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… to find work in factories in cities across the country. The farmers who did stay in Maine were able to make the best of it."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… in Washington, DC thus beginning service to her country that lasted 40 years. The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 propelled Mattie into military…"

Historic Hallowell - More About the Johnson Brothers

"…  that its shoes were being shipped across the country. There was so much demand for the shoes that the factory had reached 450 employees."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… and parts of Canada, and worried the whole country. The Red Cross spent $30,000 on operating shelters for the elderly or for people who were put…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… from urban life, a day of amusement in the country. The efficiently run trolley was not the only means of transportation to the park, however."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… made use of it and was the first American physician, be it known, who applied the vaccine virus to the arm of a human subject in this country.""

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they are not always mandatory, and child labor is still a big issue everywhere."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… distributed wholesale and retail throughout the country and as far away as Great Britain and Africa."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… on the long carving tradition of their home countries. Granite Workers, Hallowell Granite Works, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… English taste for clothes suited to an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the rise of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon farming had success in other parts of the country and world. The waters around Swan’s Island seemed a good fit for salmon farming."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… have more loudly proclaimed their devotion to our country's cause, none have in fact more promptly responded to the calls of the government upon…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Hall draws chamber music faculty and students from across the country and the town is known for the diversity and richness of its musical life."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Prior to this there had been only one Catholic Church in town, Church of the Immaculate Conception (later Church of the Assumption, then St."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Cumberland, once part of North Yarmouth, has since surpassed its sister town in population. Both towns are two of Greater Portland’s bedroom…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"In 1924 the Oakdale Country Club Golf Course was built and is still challenging and successful today."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The Maine town honored the South American country by the adoption of the name Peru on its incorporation in 1821, changing its name from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… passenger aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane. JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines for seventeen years."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… we are loosing [sic] about as many in our country as they are in France.” Writing Foster just a week later, his friend Manola Gilman of Cumberland…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… towns in the state travelled to the Cumberland Country courthouse in Portland to write a new Maine constitution."