Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"It was the last private hospital to ever operate in Maine. Dakota Ireland “Create a ‘why’ question, research the answer, and create response…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Messer while in Lincoln, which lasted until Messer left town unexpectedly. Weatherbee attended law school at Union University at Albany, N.Y.; he…"

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

"… as an illustrator was underway, a period that lasted nearly twenty years. In 1861, Harper’s Weekly sent Homer to the front lines of the Civil War…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Snow’s Pine Point factory canned its last batch of chopped clams in 1990 after 68 years in business."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… Map X Yarmouth Takes Its Leave: 1849 The last town to secede from North Yarmouth was coastal Yarmouth."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… early 1830s and an increase in precipitation that lasted for nearly fifty years brought the state’s farmers back to reality."

Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… in 1905 at the old schoolhouse; the picnic on the last day, Arbor Day, and a Friday afternoon when the primaries and intermediate grades hung…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"The bridge was made of wood and lasted 11 years before being washed away. Jeremy Porter homeStrong Historical Society When gold was discovered…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He still claimed that he was innocent. The trial lasted for twenty-five hours. It finally ended when the jurors couldn’t decide if he was innocent or…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… bin on a wheel by the first letter of a person’s last name. That person would turn the wheel to that letter, open that bin, take out his mail, and…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Phebe and Olin lived out their lives in peace at last, farming animals and crops and raising their children."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… in place of the retreating forest. Then, at last, a beautiful town, the center of a prosperous region, the happy home of hundreds, and above the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… issue, as separate post offices were one of the last remaining elements of separate village life. Combined with the single school, single store…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He was bedridden the last two weeks of his life and died in 1861. In 2011 one of the members of the Peru Historical Society received a telephone call…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Two of the last remaining tribal members were Molly Ockett, who died and is buried in Andover, and Metalluc, who subsequently resided and died in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Metalluk, son of a great chief and the last of the Cooask-aukes (dwellers-of-the-pines) and respected friend of the early settlers, showed them where…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… Assistant Superintendent/Curriculum Director, and lastly, Dr. Tom Ward, RSU 10 Superintendent. Besides promoting familiarity, the project can also…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… Depression and a country business Depression lasted for nine years, coupled with the major flooding of the rivers in 1936, left the Oxford Paper…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… system was $12,000,000 alone and was to be the last official act of Ethyl. Mr. Gottwald is quoted as saying, “The purchase of Oxford was our own…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… Martin includes the bylaws of the group, which lasted from about 1855 for about 10 years. The dates vary in Martin's writing."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"But that family security did not last, either. Adams was charged with brutally murdering his wife on May 12, 1815."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"When John Junior, the last surviving of the Martin children, died in October 1929, he left the house in Bangor and everything in it to two single…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… the community from its opening in 1920 until the last class graduated in 1987. As Mercy celebrates its centennial, the school’s graduates continue…"