Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… small gatherings for tea and family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the Inn."

Maine Maritime Museum

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New Sweden Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"It is noticeably one of Main Street’s oldest buildings. Kelsey Moody “Compare and contrast your topic in the past and in the present” House of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"In the 1900s, the Lincoln News was called the Lincoln Chronicle and came out on Saturday. Then in the middle of the 1900s, it was called the Lincoln…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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

"… chauffer, and storage business they operated called Asticou Garage. Mary L. Savage, Ernestine Savage and Savage Children in front of the Old…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… five in the morning and it was freezing; the house- the whole house was just freezing. We then decided that we needed some lights."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"A number of women who called the Residence home attended or sent notes of thanks. These included the first resident, who arrived at McAuley with a…"

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

"… talked about them when describing “stringing,” calling them “ordinary dip nets” and noting they were also called “wash nets in this locality.” (P."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… settle 60 Protestant families, build 60 dwelling-houses and a meeting-house, and settle a minister within six years, or failing this, by March…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… second T to the end of his name to avoid being called Jacob Abbot the third. Upon his graduation in 1820, Jacob went to Andover College to study…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"1 called Holmantown. They were Dixfield Common or Center, East Dixfield, and Dixfield Village. Upon its incorporation on June 21, 1803, these three…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… included the Capitol, one church, five school houses, three mills, 163 houses, and 151 barns. The Colony Expands Into Neighboring Townships The…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Soon Mr. Graves built a tannery, called by the villagers the “bark mill.” It prospered for many years under both Graves and Hosea Austin before…"

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

"… Quint brothers maintained a hotel on the corner called the Dirigo House. This building was made of brick and burned in 1891."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Also, loggers used an axe called the double bit axe that was very dangerous because of its two axe blades on both sides."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… in the residue would cook off, leaving a product called pearl-ash. Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were worth more than any other product a farmer could…"

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… an Emergency Department (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis until 1964."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… favored for high school and college buildings, calling it “way behind the times”, “antique”, and “in grandfather’s time.” In a 1956 speech to Maine…"

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

"The village is located on Lemon Stream, so called because the water was a light yellow color, and two hills known as Clark Hill and Bennett Hill."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"A large rally was held at Norumbega Hall and the speakers called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion."