Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes LOTS OF HORSE POWER IS NEEDED X Mechanical diggers were needed to provide a more efficient way of removing potatoes from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"In the spring of 1914, a lot on Second Street, next to the present post office, was sold to the church."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Women, such as Rena’s mother, put a lot of effort into keeping not only their clothes neat, but keeping their families in order as well."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… he was not allotted the usual 100 acres settlers lot for improvements, receiving instead 30 acres. Giles Webber's store, Blue Hill…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"They must have had a lot of wool to make all of the clothes, but the mom must have made some of the clothes because all of the clothes couldn't have…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"He bought two lots on the present-day Military Road. In the winters of 1824-1826, Jeremy taught the first school in the area."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"… mail once a week, which they complained about a lot. Now, in 2010, we can receive and send mail any day of the week, except Sunday."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"So we had lots of camping equipment. So we did get our cooler out and we did get our stove out. I have a number of elderly neighbors and so we would…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Over the years, the original lot was pared down, selling pieces off to people whose land abutted the original Belcher Lot."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… War I has had an impact on our town because a lot of people fought in it, and a lot of people to this day are still out there risking their own…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… “Due to the amount of livestock, it takes a lot of grain to feed working teams of horses and oxen.” (Teams were not only on farms but were working…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… was in Bath there is now a grocery store parking lot. The grocery store is called Brackett's Market and it has absolutely nothing to do with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… to keep it tramped down so the load would hold a lot of hay. And then it would go back to the barn. And my grandfather I asked him this one…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"Today the military technology is a lot different than it was in 1862. Now it’s a lot more dangerous, and the people of the community might feel even…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"There were a lot of businesses, including a number of mills and mill owned homes. Aerial view of Stockholm. ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… perhaps the most commercially successful of the lot. He was an imposing presence at 6'4" and 225 lbs, with circus-like showmanship and a keen…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Schooners were used to carrying cargo in a lot of different environments from ocean trips to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… Dwelling Deacon Pease Clark, Settler's Lot, Hallowell, 1761Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner It was on the third of…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Day 5 They reported a lot of electricity losses still. Although the power was getting fixed there were still tons of people without power."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… that could reach up to 60 feet! This took lots of effort but was much more effective than trying to put a fire out using only buckets of water."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"Those trucks cost about $1,700 each so we made a lot of money that day! It took three carrier trucks to bring all of the farm trucks to Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… Isle Historical Society Back then there were a lot more different car lines than there are today. One includes the Dinah Pinard."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"At the time we had a Cadillac limousine on the lot, and we decided to use that to tow the new car back."