Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"Madore, the fire was first discovered at 5:10 p.m. on August 2, 1923, by the Majestic theater’s stage carpenter, Eli Roy."

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

"10 Machine in 1964. No. 15 Paper Machine would come on line in August 1980. These added paper production capabilities were necessary to bolster all…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Did you have to move to find work? No we always stayed here. Before I was born my father had to look for jobs."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"5-6. Print. Bangor Daily News. "Last Days of North Lincoln Ferry. Picturesque River Service to End When Bridge Spans Penobscot River.” Bangor, ME."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… schools, churches, homes, mess halls, roughly 5,500 building total were built. The entire staff of the project was increased threefold during his…"

Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"… subject of a lot of labor actions, including a 5 1/2 month strike in 1892, but most interruptions were brief."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"… to put a ticket on the barrel when you fill it. 5. You put two tickets on this barrel. You're only allowed one. 6. Your barrels are too close."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"According to the almanac in the September 5, 1883 issue of Bath Daily Times, people said that they heard gun shots a little after 11:00pm."

McArthur Public Library

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

"… when land titles required their signatures.(5) While a small number of White New England women owned property, many others facilitated the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"In 1907, it cost 5 cents. The office is now on West Broadway in Lincoln. A new building has been built, after a fire burned it down in November of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a training exercise for firefighters."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… around marshland and using hills and dry land.(5) Concord Coach, Scarborough, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum In 1802, the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Maine: S.n., 1970. 5-7. Print. Fellows, Dana Willis. History of the Town of Lincoln, Penobscot County, Maine, 1822-1928."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"Dear Journal, On Day 5, some crewmen from Bell Atlantic had to go to the hospital to treat their family for carbon monoxide poisoning."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"Each share, at the time, cost $5.00. They were also the ones who bought Governor King's library when he died."

Maine State Museum

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… Court ignored the result, likely because just 5,000 votes were cast from of a population now nearing 100,000.[18] [11] Banks, Maine Becomes a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Grayson and her crew took off at 5:07 P.M. from Long Island. The crew radioed that something was wrong later in the evening and the plane never…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"No. 5. April 1983, pp. 190. Lincoln Historical Society. “A Brief History of Our Town.” Welcome to Lincoln. Lincoln Historical Society. Web. 2010."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… – lots assigned to settlers on payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell cures first herring by smoke in Lubec, a process learned in Nova Scotia 1798 •…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… and ash created a “volcanic winter.” For the next 5 years, many of the Farmington settlers were disheartened and left for Ohio."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… were later assigned to settlers upon payment of $5 to cover the survey's cost. This reproduction of the original map was drawn by Lois Johnson and…"