Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"After the death of his wife, Jacob moved to New York and his brother, Samuel P Abbott took over Little Blue, and opened it as a school for boys in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on Pendleton Point Road, where operator Mrs. Charles Philbrick (Mrs."

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

"The town office has been moved across from the vacant school on School St. The boom is definitely over."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"At the beginning of the winter term, the School moved into its new buildings. By the end of its first year, one hundred and thirty students had…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… taking that part of his business with him as he moved to Presque Isle to keep him occupied until the bank was established."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"He later moved to the “Fairbanks” area, north of the center village and built a mill that was in operation for several decades. Haying c."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The greenhouses were later sold and moved to Allen Farms in West Cumberland. Milk truckNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Cumberland…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"After the War many Maine residents had moved West in search of a better life or to join family members who had also migrated."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… captures the Campobello end at a date when cranes moved in place to fabricate the temporary wooden trestles in the water as working platforms for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"2 & 4 bridge to imagine it strong enough to move mammoth chunks of ice and snow during the spring flood season."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"He gladly helped them move their equipment over the falls and he proceeded to guide them further up the Kennebec."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… to 30 minutes in a rotary oven with the flakes on moving arms, the flakes were stacked on racks to cool."