Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1 and, in 1884, there were only twelve families served. The famous American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson and his family built an 18-room house on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"He offers his own views of Horace Greeley, Grant's opponent, and other Democratic candidates for state and local offices."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"A man named Dr. Frank H. Gordon and his family owned all of them in Lincoln for the first sixteen years."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… the dirt for artifacts, and learned about their own family connections to quarry workers. Please join us in our exploration of Baird's quarry, from…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… Martin (1823-1904), an accountant, opened his own store on Center Street in Bangor in about 1862."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… curious things I saw about it." He asked who owned the building and then proceeded to sketch it on a bill he had in his pocket book."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… fire "destroyed two buildings and displaced four businesses." The second fire "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… Martin wrote the remarks, he was operating his own small store. He wrote that merchants paid into a fund that was used to buy goods in order to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Growing up on a farm he had his own pony named Scout that he broke himself. He would chase his siblings around the pastures."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"… sister married the Honorable John O’Brien, who owned the marble manufactory at Mill River, and they built the house to the west in a similar…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"Each volume has its own brief introduction. Each volume is broken into a number of PDF files to reduce download time."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… drew on family wealth in order to invest, and familial bonds undergirded business partnerships. As a result, women necessarily assumed key roles in…"

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

"Their businesses included restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their…"

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

"In 1902, the Standard Veneer Company (owned by Warren Trafton and Allen Quimby) purchased 20 acres of land in Stockholm Plantation from the Burleighs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… how to extracted starch from them for their own use to stiffen cloth for fancy shirts or dresses."

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… in Hallowell was “The World of Mirth” carnival, owned by Max Linderman. After Linderman died in 1944, his partner, Frank Bergen, took over."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"He was born in Jamaica where his family owned extensive sugar plantations. The family resided in England and Vaughan, a true polymath, received a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"This was the family that owned the largest summer hotel in America. The reason they did this, as one writer noted, was because this family, "like…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"These families were by necessity forced to be close-knit and rely on each other at work and at play."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"They also had their own wharf along the Saco River, known as Quarry Wharf or Andrews Wharf. From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph, which he expanded east toward New Sharon and north to the Phillips area."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Emily Manchester operated a hand laundry business in the back of her home. She employed several workers to wash and iron the rusticators' clothing."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… Paper Company (which was to become a family business, run by his son, Hugh J. Chisholm, Jr. and grandson, William H."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"“Cascade Still Well Preserved.” Hand Tub Owned by Vaughan Family In Hallowell, Built In 1819 Long a Central Maine Attraction, n.d., City Council…"