Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… Maine State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Stratton and Bluff Islands would often go toward Old Orchard Pier. However, they would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… a repertory theater and acting school in an old farmhouse and barn on Route 172. Playhouse, Surry, ca."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old homestead into the Seaside Inn. At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking summer…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"In “Old Times of North Yarmouth, Maine”, Rev. Amasa Loring writes that the minister’s children “were trained to habits of industry and economy so as…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836. Years later, this company would be sold."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… packing sardines in 1931 when she was 14 years old. “Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,” she recalled."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… the town's new residents, just like the old, know they have to be resourceful to make a living in a small town in downeast Maine."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"He was released from St. Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and returning to our vessel at night."

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

"Portland, ME: Katahdin Publishing Co., 1925. Moulton, Augustus. Old Prouts Neck. Portland, ME: Marks Printing House, 1924."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… by Harold Burnham.(2) Burnham had bought the old Leavitt Brothers Clam Plant, and he and family members occupied the front part that had been a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… remembered three special days in 1905 at the old schoolhouse; the picnic on the last day, Arbor Day, and a Friday afternoon when the primaries and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… shut down and all island students attended the old Harbor school. A new school was built in 1954, at the site of the current town office."

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… resident, who arrived at McAuley with a two-year old daughter, successfully transitioned out of the program, earned a college degree, and started…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Gilman says, “ the factories went back to the old method of making and sealing cans” all by hand (p. 73)."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine. In 1880, Curtis was in the farming business near Gothenburg, Nebraska."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… sisters came back to Farmington and purchased the old Norton homestead on Holley Road. As time went on, funds were donated for its care and the…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… up in trust for them until they reached 28 years old. Arthur attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover Mass, and later attended Bowdoin College…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Eighteen-year-old Evelyn was daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War…"