Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… build new rather than try to save or re-use the old because it is faster to do so. Will modern standardized building practices cause our…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… that he wished he could be home to vote for “Old Abe” and later, that he had read Abraham Lincoln had won the election for president."

Wilson Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Pictures of his home survive. And he was the owner of a saw mill near his home. For further information on Alexander, see the Mill Section."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Many of the old ties have been broken as the generation that remembers "the old days" passes on. The island is not the same now as it was twenty…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He came to Lincoln when he was 44 years old. He was the oldest of nine kids. His brother’s names were: Samuel, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, and William."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he observed the last ship, the Joshua Grindle, launched there on July 4 with a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… influx of new technology soon phased out the "old" trades that kept the island’s economy running."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"A family of seven lost there home when a large tree flattened their modest home on Academy Street. News Paper Report At 2:00 PM yesterday morning…"

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…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The last class graduated from the “old high school” that year, and a new one was erected at the edge of the village."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… to bring his wife, carrying their two-year-old son, Merrill, Jr., to their new home. Seven more sons and daughters followed them later."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The finished project is a nice mix of old and new. The old building has a slate roof; the new building has a metal roof."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… archive of historical material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… have held on to the best of the past -- the old time values, an appreciation for nature’s splendors, and a great place to raise a family."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… did indeed patent Ear Muffs when he was 15 years old. And before too many years passed, Chester was producing earmuffs in a factory in West…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"The Odd Fellow’s Hall, which was the old theater, was built around 1887 and 1888. The Odd Fellow’s Hall burned in 1922."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… sat around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

Windham Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Loring Kimball’s father’s fascinating old marine store, near the cove at the South of the present wharf, smelling of all tarry seafaring things…”…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… hall and the Odd Fellows Hall replaced the old school house. All of the past buildings in this location were further known as the French and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"old shoddy mill X Spinning Mill X Before bridges on the island, transportation was provided onto the island by a ferry."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The building, known as “The Old Brick Store” was a landmark until it burned in 1915. Crosby’s Federalist style Grist Mill Store dates from 1809…"