Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… time, farming, ship-building, lumbering and shore fishing. And in Surry, as I remember it in those days, there was really much business activity…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Sunken logs, bark, and sawdust damaged the fish population. By the late 1960s, state and federal regulations virtually put an end to a century and a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"After the war, about 175 remaining settlers left the fort and went back to their farms, and the garrison at the fort was discontinued by 1762."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade. Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… by the Anasagunticook Indians for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there was any permanent…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Fishing could be found at Half Moon Pond, on local brooks and streams, and in special spots on the Swift River."

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

"… as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went fishing as far north as Labrador. During the Civil War, A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island and the mainland. Fishing, farming, and trading were what made the communities productive throughout the late 18th and into the 19th…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and are suitable for swimming, boating, and fishing in the Rumford area as a result of the efforts of United States Senator Edmund S."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… eighteenth century, drawn by the abundance of fish and game, timber, waterpower, and farm land. The hamlets they founded grew into towns that were…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The casks that contained dried fish, peas and other staples were cracked open and the water caused much of the food to spoil."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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