Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… 1938, the First Air Mail arrived at the Hudson farm field. Another flood in March 1936 caused more extensive damage to Guilford’s industries, and…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec farm. Ample clout, these two. Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation."

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

"He was buried in a graveyard on his farm. His wife Mary died 23 years later at the age of 93. At that time both were buried at the cemetery in East…"

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

"… the second settler in town, building a home and farm in the East Village. He was a respected member of town and always welcomed people in his home."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The fields in front of Tucker’s Farm were bustling with visiting farmers and their animals from throughout Hancock County."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… he acted as a field driver, bringing in stray farm animals that had wandered off or roamed at large."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Broadturn Farm X During the last two decades, Scarborough continued to grow. Housing developments sprang up; large retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Athletic Field & Preble Farm, Guilford, 1925Guilford Historical Society The Guilford Fire Department was organized in 1893 and was comprised of 16…"

Acadian Archives

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… it is understood the first settlers subsisted by farming and fishing, little documented information is known about the early businesses and trades…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Mail service landed in the field at the Hudson Farm. A parade ensued and was the beginning of a week-long celebration, “National Air Mail Week” ."

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

"There were several musical organizations, the first group of organized musicians that is recorded was in the late 1800s."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Conduskeag their home while the surrounding farm settlements of Orrington and Hampden grew with fresh migrations from Cape Cod. The Rev."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… commercial activity – smoked herring, fishing, farming Myers Lifeboat, Lubec, ca. 1905Lubec Memorial Library 1850 – 1900 1860 • Lead mines…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… was a highly sought commodity used to lime farm fields and finish interior walls. The gypsum and grinding stones to supply the mills were among the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… islanders continued to live as best they could, farming and fishing as they had done since the island was first settled."