Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Voting has been moved from the fire station to the Dixfield Legion Swasey-Torrey Post No. 100 building."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"It was always a risk, considering moving currents and the movement of the ice. Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946 A similar image to an ice…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Windham Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"As membership grew, LHS moved to Ballard Hill School to conduct meetings and to display artifacts. When the Society needed money to support its…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"Such houses were Joseph Corro's and Joseph Michaud’s houses. Monthly services were established at homes and reverends traveled far distances, even…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Many houses where crushed by trees that had been iced over and many people wondered if their trees will survive."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"After the move to Bath, William represented that town in the Massachusetts General Court in 1804 and also served twice as state senator for Lincoln…"

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

"During this period lobsters are very soft, don’t move around much for several days and are vulnerable to almost everything, including fish and seals."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"… he was left in Middletown until he could be moved in August 1862. § Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run on Aug. 28-30, 1862."

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlon built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Usually the truck is moving while the barrels are loading and placed. Three-Prong Barrel HoistPresque Isle Historical Society The grapples in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… the district, the teacher boarding around from house to house in the district where he taught school."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"In 1834, Jacob moved from Boston to Roxbury, MA. While in Roxbury, Jacob served as a pastor for the parish of a Congregational church which he also…"

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

"… Historical Society & Museum As settlements moved away from the coast, east-west roads were developed to intersect roads extending inland from the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Either their desk would be moved into the corner of the room and they would have to stay there for the remainder of the day, or they would have to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"An adept and skilled backhoe operator can efficiently dismantle a 1,500 square foot house and put its mangled pieces in a dumpster to be hauled off…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"The city was much worse. We moved- I forget which year. I guess in the fourth grade- We moved to the city and that was really eye-opening."

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"She then moved to Presque Isle to find a job. She found one at Newberry. All her brothers and sisters worked on the farm including her."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… to recruit settler-colonialists willing to move to what they viewed as a dangerous frontier. Most New Englanders did not change their view of Maine…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The store was moved again across the river and later occupied by E.W. Genthner. Mr. Scales devoted all of his attention to the hardware business."