Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… to be very careful with what we used and paper good and food and so forth and had to make everything we bought had to be something that was vital…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He purchased his own sporting goods store called Dakins Sporting Goods Co. in Bangor, which became very successful."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… a net filled with various fish and “thirty very good and great lobsters.” In the 1600s and 1700s lobsters were easily harvested from tidal pools…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… teach literacy, penmanship, arithmetic, and “good manners”, with recitation, drilling, and oral quizzes."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer Dry Goods (1868-1876) William P. Hill Dry Goods (1876-1883) Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The good thing is that no one was injured. The Hubbard Free Library was repaired about two months after the incident."

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"Overall they had a very good time getting closer. That’s what happened on the third day of the ice storm of ’98."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"After tramping about in nature, they desired good dining and entertainment, followed by the comfort of a real bed."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… ruining tons of inventory other than finished goods, and damaging machinery and building alike as the water rose to levels of eight feet within the…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… the program was really going, they got pretty good, so good that in 1983 they won the Eastern Maine Championship, and went onto the state game…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… and canvas bags to provide for the removal of goods at fires. As technology evolved pumping devices, known as "hand tubs", were created which were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… have food, clothing or medicine brought to their home if they had one, or if they had no home they would join the other "paupers" at the City Farm…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water. Hallowell-built "Topaz," 1828Hubbard Free Library In 1799, William Drew came to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"… & 100 bushels white pea beans in exchange for goods @ cash prices.” Another ad states, “Seed Wanted: 10,000 lbs."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"The waters around Swan’s Island seemed a good fit for salmon farming. It would provide another fishing industry source in addition to the lobstering…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… the natural meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… to open a trading house at the fort supplied with goods suitable for Indian trade. From as early as 1734, limestone was quarried on Limestone Hill…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"His story was good enough to make it in the newspaper. Fredrick A. Edwards died from diarrhea on August 13th, 1984, in his home on High Street."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"VNA Home Health and Hospice On April 23, 1996, VNA Home Health and Hospice (VNA), aligned with Mercy Health System of Maine, which was part of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"Tody is my birthday and I have just celebrated it by A good dinner. I will give you The bill of Fare Roast Turkey (captured while on Picket) Sweet…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"To the right is the F.S. Stevens home built by C.F. Packard in 1891. It is still the home of Guilford Memorial Library today."

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

"… cargoes of flour, bolts of cloth and manufactured goods. Profitable trading necessitated the shipbuilding industry, which later was to become…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… ports, his ships returning with salt, coal, dry goods and hardware. His store, one of three businesses at an area referred to as the Upper Corner…"