Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… first settlers, who needed to get to the fishing grounds and to trade. The first island ship we know of was the 105-ton Lively, built in 1772 in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… as scientists using Mount Desert as a study ground (for at that time, any one could “practice” science and contribute to scientific enterprise)…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Above the ground level, the smokehouse had a series of “windows.” (P. 455). Today, the unknowledgeable might call them “doors,” since there are no…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"The Opera House was burned to the ground before the fire was extinguished. Fortunately, the Bath Opera House was reopened later in 1925 to become…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… near the kilns so as to incumber as little mowing ground as possible. We could at present have five of our own teams, and we may next week have two…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Prisoners had to sleep on the cold ground in small tents or pens. A small stream, called The Stockade Branch, was the only water supply for drinking…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"George Stevens is an independent high school grounded in a commitment to serving the area's small towns and invested in meeting the needs of each…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… twenty-two years, until a fire burnt it to the ground on December 6th, 1902. Only a few pictures and documents survived."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… built Town Hall was completely burned to the ground. It was never rebuilt. Remains of Guilford Town Hall after fire of 1928Guilford Historical…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Their house burned to the ground in 1926, so the family proceeded to move to the mainland. They had their Golden Anniversary celebration on September…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and other trading ports."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"This bridge would be built on high ground at the river bend below the village. The citizens were appalled at the high cost, but most knew they needed…"

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

"He would fly over the fishing grounds, locate the schools of herring, and radio the location to the fishermen."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"Mr.Trask was thrown onto the ground, landing forcefully on his neck and shoulders. It was at least two months before he was able to do light work…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Got Stowell with his oxen to help me over bare ground up to the Huntress Ferry. Hauled my load with hard pulling up to the top of the [?] way hill…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… fall before the river froze and looked over the ground and I presume have some desirable suggestions to make to you in this matter."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… huge piles of pulpwood that were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed with…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Ezekiel Hopkins house and grounds, Hampden, 1840Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum The journal is roughly chronological."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Pragmatic recognition of settlement on the ground led Moose Island (the location of modern-day Eastport, Maine) to go to the US, while loyalist…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Running water was a seasonal affair through above-ground pipes; in the winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… and a series of public rooms and kitchens on the ground floor. Two other villages successfully developed summer colonies -- Northeast and Seal…"