Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Farming continued to keep families in produce and meat. With the many varieties of fish available in the Gulf of Maine and the surrounding waters…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Mr. Park was an active temperance worker and an able correspondent of the local papers. An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… insurance, a canning factory, tin, steel and iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower, dealers in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… the units to housing for South Portland shipyard workers. Dunstan Observation Post, Scarborough, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… Rumford Area Historical Society The many workers from Europe and Canada brought with them their Catholic heritages."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for children. F.S. Pendleton and Company Store, interior, Islesboro, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"During the season workers came from Campobello, Grand Manan, Deer Island, and towns throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company…"

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

"Because of the increase of population, railroad workers felt that Stockholm needed its own railroad."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Shipyard workers, like sailors of the time, were fueled by a daily ration of grog, served at eleven o’clock."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… rain caused the soil to give way and the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… Fernwood Grange, the Farm Bureau, and the Willing Workers. Bridge Clubs were also popular. Houses were cleaned from top to bottom in order to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Knight returned to his land with some workers, or two of his sons, burned some of the felled trees in preparation of a garden, and used others to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"City workers took a 12.5 percent pay cut, and Bangor actively sought participation in every federal program to spur employment."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Warren Clark was a consistent and persistent hard worker and the New Portland Water District still serves part of the North Village."