Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"I remember my mother telling me about the early days of aviation when it was quite common for planes to take off and land on the beaches."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… remember wearing coats and snowsuits their mothers made from the salvaged wool, which was tan or gray on one side and checked on the other."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane and her mother settled on the north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be…"

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

"His mother, an amateur watercolorist, was Homer’s first teacher. After Homer’s graduation from high school, his father arranged an apprenticeship for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"Potatoes are extremely common here, but my mother had never heard of the word “potato” until she moved to the County."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"“Coming Mother, “Henry said. “What is it Mother?”. “Oh darling, I am going to miss you so much!” “What? What is it? Mother, what’s wrong?” “Henry…"

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

"When Rena was young, her mother did this chore. As Rena grew older, she helped. Washing the clothes took two to three hours."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… he felt it was his duty to care for his invalid mother, it wasn’t until he was sixty-one that he married Stella Langford of Rochester, New…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… (known as Indian Jane or Jane Hannup), and her mother Nagasqua, be allowed to live on the land. The settlement was named Dunstan, a corruption of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"1880Strong Historical Society Fly Rod's mother was a Porter, and through her she was connected to some of the earliest settlers in Strong."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Rena’s mother, Sadie, usually had a tub, which she filled with water from a lake, stream, well, or river."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"She remembers that her mother would always have a pot of hot cocoa ready when they came in. Glenna had to wear long skirts or dresses to school…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Following in the footsteps of Mother McAuley, Miss Marion Weeks, the daughter of a distinguished surgeon in town, donated a portion of her property…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"My mother at first stayed at home- most house wives stayed at home- and I’m a little ambiguous about that. It pays to have a mother in the house."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… at the center of the scene – orchestrating the day-to-day activities of the large staff necessary to service this affluent transient community…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… had died the previous August and his widowed mother, Hannah, certified that Frederick was 18 years old and had her consent as mother and guardian…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… of “a bushel of corn,” alongside her mother, from the Alger brothers in Owascoag, or Scarborough."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Although Mother McAuley lived only 10 years after becoming a Sister, she opened fourteen other missions and oversaw 100 women take vows."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… Avon in 1850 and lived in Strong with his widowed mother by 1860. On December 11, 1863, he enlisted at age 18 in Company F, 2nd Maine Cavalry, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"When a mother fox didn’t take care of her young and a cat on the farm just had a litter, the owners would kill all but one of the kittens."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… landowners did not participate in companies’ day-to-day decision-making or shareholders’ meetings."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"During her lifetime, Mother McAuley insisted that although “the spirit of prayer and retreat must be most dear to us,” that spirit “would never…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"S: Yes, when my mother worked she used to ride on the back of a truck that would come and pick her up."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"Frederick Rogers to his mother Hannah, Virginia, March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va."