Maine Memory Network

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

"The Columbian Hall, built about 1875 was lost in the first fire and it's loss was greatly felt as this is where all the activities and and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… the harbor commemorating those whose lives were lost at sea. Potato races, Swan's Island, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"The cost of lost mills in the freshet of 1820 was $20,000 (approx. $300,000 today). Many cattle and sheep were also drowned."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900

"… rule on multivolume works : "...if the book so lost or injured be a part of a set, such person shall replace it or pay for the entire set." View…"

Historic Hallowell - Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis

"… under without any food Hope was thought to be lost after the second day, When on the third the water flowed away."

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"Bill lost part of his foot during the war. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"The two friends probably lost touch once Jacob moved to Michigan, unfortunately. Works Cited "Aroostook War - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia."…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… often the delivery was long delayed or the mail lost The first office was established in 1844 and Benjamin Stinson was appointed postmaster The…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia lost both her parents at a young age and was later adopted by a Penobscot woman from Greenbush."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Also, businesses were affected because they lost lot’s of employees from having to quit to go to war."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Many, many lives have been lost. Hopefully, the men and women from Lincoln who are fighting in those wars will be returning home safely."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"Libby is like a lost dog because he went to a place where he thought he was going to be safe, but he got stuck in a place where he had to fight to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Damaged by fire in 1894, the store lost over $6,000 of goods, and it cost thousands more to compensate for the structural losses due to water, smoke…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Many lives were lost. Now we have ambulances that have certain rights on roads that allow them to get to patients quicker."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"More than 600,000 of them lost their lives trying, so that people today are not put into slavery and women and African Americans can vote."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"Saplings drooped, mourning the lost boughs at their feet. Citizens admired the glistening glaze from behind dark windows; playing cards by…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… Drew included five sons, three of whom were lost at sea as young men. One, Captain John Drew, adopted the pen name “Kennebecker” and for 17 years…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"… Gordon risked his life in Mogadishu, Somalia and lost it for the sake of one other man is very heroic."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"There were a lot of historical objects lost in these floods, the flood of 1926, the flood of 1934, and last but not least the flood of 1987 and those…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"The Kennebec River, too, lost its luster as industrial development polluted its waters, but the 20th century would bring great advances in historic…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Skowhegan GrangeSkowhegan History House Maine lost many of its people at the turn of the century and there were 5,000 fewer farms in Maine in 1900…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… Raynes' death in 1914 when the unidentified author found a transcript he thought was lost of Raynes' remembrances of the trip around Cape Horn."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels. Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost. Schooners were used to carrying cargo in a lot of different environments from ocean trips to…"