Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… at the Saco River entrance, for these were the grounds of Saco (Camp Ellis) fishermen. These historic community boundaries are still respected, and…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… of the current Opera House burned to the ground in that year. Mr. Rose recorded in January of 1901, "The I."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… channeled gouges and early forms of pecked and ground stone axes some of which were found along the lakeshores of the upper Allagash River and from…"

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

"The ground floor had four windows, a 16’ X 18’ front room (which contained a Hampden cook stove), a 10’ X 10’ bedroom, and an 8’ X 10’ pantry."

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

"… 23, 2009, the Tan Turtle Tavern burned to the ground, leaving Northeast Harbor with one less business in an already dwindling business district."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… many icicles on the trees, sun shining on the ground covered with ice, and ice hanging off of telephone wires."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The putty was made of ground chalk, linseed oil, and polybutene. Slate was used for roofs, floors, paints, and blackboards."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… the barrel home, and dumped its contents on the ground. These are the buttons and buckles that Mazie Douglass found, years later."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"The grounds were lined with carts and stands for the sale of liquor, cakes and other refreshments. It took two more years for the structure to be…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"… a new heating plant was added and the library grounds were landscaped at the same time the addition was constructed."

First Parish in Portland

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds in the Western Maine mountains. She was a Porter, on her mother’s side, and is buried in…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"At the time of this photograph, the Foxes leased ground floor space to attorney Charles Harding and Dr. Luther Finch, Jr."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Douglas’s office proved a good training ground for Coombs. However, the opportunity was short-lived, for Douglas moved his practice to Philadelphia…"

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

"How deliciously the place smelled of freshly ground coffee and of course nothing less than S.S. Pierce’s Mocha and Java."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"His wish was to have a burial ground, a meeting house, and a green space across from the meeting house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… the Pageant, decorators spread a green dye on the ground to give the Ellipse a “fresh” look. Foreign embassies, who had been absent in 1958…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Generally the trails followed firm ground rather than a direct course, avoiding swamps and hills whenever possible."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"It hit the ground hard enough that Dr. E.M. Fuller came to the scene when he heard the bang of the wood."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"The leaves on the trees and ground were orange, yellow and brown. When Keith got to the fox pens his Pa wasn’t ready for the fall harvest."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… at the top of the pole, forty feet from the ground, swing his hat in the air and give the emblem of liberty a name."