Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"… at the bottom of Greenville Street before the railroad tracks. After many experiments, the owner, Ben Tenney, decided to use quartz for sandpaper."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill was the first company in the United States to commercialize clamming. Its first factory began operations at the end of Seavey’s…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In February of that year the telephone company made Lincoln the toll center for this division. This division included the towns of Olamon, which only…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… at another company; the Island and Pacific railroad company in Chicago, in 1903 and become vice-president of that company."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"The state even tried giving land to a railroad company, but that plan also failed. Several similarly-sized lots in the northern portion of Woodland…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… President of Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railroad Company (also see inventor above) Nathan Cutler 1775-1861: Farmington's delegate to…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Guilford Woolen Mills Company was formed. McKusick Fuel Company was established. Samuel and Paul Herrick expanded their business to include a service…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Italian immigrants who had been working on the railroad in Machias, were drawn to the project with promises of high wages."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Also, steamboats were used for shipping food, lumber and clothes that were not on the railroad out of Lincoln to the rest of the towns and cities on…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The Guy Gannett Publishing Company was born; publishers of the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Morning Sentinel, and the Maine Farmer."

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

"Winslow Homer at Prouts Neck. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966 Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit?"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… lobster that exceeded the range of smack boats, companies such as Burnham & Morrill began canning lobster meat."

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

"… act allowing existence of the Southgate Diking Company. Scarborough Historical Society Collection: Clamming Thurlow, Bruce."

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

"… the Council for New England had granted several companies portions of the same territory from the Piscataqua to the Penobscot."

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

"Hussey Woolen Company. With water rushing over the dam, logs were hurled directly through the windows of the lower floors of both mills."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Railroads were tracking westward to vast new sources of wood products. Steamboats with iron hulls replaced wooden sailing vessels."

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

"A Portland salvage company removed as much cargo and salvageable parts as possible, but local residents scavenged much of the Middleton’s cargo of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street side of Meeting House Park."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The Boston Symphony was playing regularly by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and traveling theater companies were visiting the village."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The Bangor & Aroostook Railroad tracks are on the left. The first (closest) building on the right is M. Holbrook's Pool Hall and Bowling Alley."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Introduction of the two-foot gauge railroads allowed for the quick movement of timber south and tourists north."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… balloon in Bangor, the first electric street railroad, a horseless carriage, and others. He speculated in the second scrapbook about things he…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.