Maine Memory Network

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… Church was founded in 1817, and the church building itself was constructed in 1883. Baptists, Methodists, Advent Christians, and the Church of God…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Mills Fred Foster John Z. Ricker Mount Holyoke Weather records Wood Bishop & Co. Gardening Furber & Metcalf Hugh Ross Samuel C."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"Emily A. Mills L. De Garmo Brookes William Whedden Oliver A. Lunt Daniel Chaplin Louis Reynolds F. Towle Emery T. Wasgatt Mr. Kimball"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47

"McQuestion D. F. Leavitt Hiram Mills George, Isaiah Stetson Proposal for dam Theodore Brown 1866 election results John A. Peters Judge Hathaway Capt."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The grist mill proved a great convenience for nearby settlers, who otherwise had to carry their grain several miles down-river to Fort Pownal to have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"Sawmills, woolen mills and grist mills were built near the sound and other areas on MDI. Shipbuilding was also one of MDI’s early businesses."

McArthur Public Library

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City Building on December 31, 1894. From the Biddeford Weekly Standard, January 4, 1895."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… 'the slucieway,' provided a prime spot to build mills and factories. The sluiceway can no longer be seen today because of dams that caused the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872. Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… 1843 and March 21, 1844, held a camp meeting at Mill Creek in Orrington in 1844. John Martin (1823-1904) learned about the meeting and went to the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… Card's Cove, Cards Brook, Squaw Point, Cards Mill, Austin's Cove, the Union River, and his father's tailor shop."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… Bangor Historical Society Beginnings Morse's Mills on the Kenduskeag Stream at Bangor, ca. 1880Bangor Public Library From the first settlers…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Mr. L. H. Wilson's mill on the same stream is on the site of an old saw mill which was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"Wearing such a garment to protect his clothes indicates that Soule worked at a trade or in a factory, perhaps in the local textile mill."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill before the next surviving letter."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"1900McArthur Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca. 1905McArthur Public Library Biddeford High School &…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… us to utilize our skills and talents and to build on the collaboration put in place during our 2003 bicentennial celebration."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… or their heirs to destroy or throw out any building or part of a building that was free from rot and therefore still had some life left in it."

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

"On June 17, 1912 this mill district burned and a stock company was formed and Mr. C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant."