Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… last child, Jere, who made the total number of kids 12. That’s a lot of children! In 1833, Jeremy was elected as a town trustee."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Calvin London, a good man giving his time to the kids as in preceding years, with his dinghy and its outboard motor."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"As a kid, Jeremiah and his brother would spend the night at their uncle’s house. In their uncle’s backyard there was an apple tree, with one apple on…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The kids from Stonington High School used to come down once a year on the steamboat and they’d play, come up and play different, you know, their…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He was the oldest of nine kids. His brother’s names were: Samuel, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, and William."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"There are many people who also go into these stores each week. They have many different brands of clothing too, and they also have shoes from little…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… Virginia, and was unable to see his two kids ever again. If your mom or dad has to go away for work that is dangerous like construction, they have…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… her childhood summers playing with native island kids: "When I was a child… we did have cars but if you went across the island to go to a store or…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"The kids were not aloud in school for weeks due to the blizzard and the roads were not clean enough for driving."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… and the branches from them hung low enough for kids to use them for ice forts. People had to cut down branches because they put to much weight on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"… library is important to us because it teaches kids the importance of reading and helps them get involved."

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"His family would have been one kid short of what they had. One of the impacts that would have happened if he never existed is that the entire family…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… hook to a young tough from picking on smaller kids on the playground. He knocked the boy out. Both parents and other students responded positively…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… in Lincoln because he was never able to as a kid. We would both sell vegetables from our houses because that would be more convenient than…"

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

"Kids began at age six or seven, and it was common for someone to finish in his or her early 20s, since school was interrupted by work, including…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"All the kids would hook their sleds to the wagons and get a free ride up the hill. Then we would unhitch and slide back down."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"These kids performed the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… lasting satisfaction from dangling a summer kid by his feet off the Mill Stream bridge because he would not give way to others on a sidewalk in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… go on after church, like Easter egg coloring, kids singing in front of the whole congregation, turkey pie suppers, craft fairs, putting on plays…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"It was very small and consisted of about ten kids from the Lincoln, Mattawamkeag, and Chester areas."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Hervey would allow the kids to help him bring in the flag that belonged to the Forster Memorial Building. Return to Student Research"

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

"Few kids were left and the middle-age population was very scarce. The few that were there didn’t want to leave Stockholm because they thought it…"

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

"Kids were welcome to join Mame for casual meals too: much to the delight of young visitors, the menu consisted largely of instant flavored oatmeal…"