Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Measuring Rock The Measuring Rock Story In 1776, at the encouragement of Thomas Wilson, Stephen Titcomb and four other residents of Topsham, Maine…"

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

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

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

"… the taking of egg-bearing females, a conservation measure already practiced by many Maine lobstermen, and in 1874 the first laws regulating the…"

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

"… a minimum legal size, 3 ¼ inches carapace-length measured from the eye socket to the beginning of the tail."

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

"… and York counties voted upon an additional ballot measure regarding separation. But once again, the number of votes casted was too negligible to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… declaring it "inexpedient to adopt any further measures in regard to separation" and the movement would remain—for now—at a standstill.[27] [24]…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and the resulting organization have contributed measurably to the preservation and dissemination of Bath history. Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… would be revisited over the next few months to measure what students were taking away from their research and exposure to Downtown Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… that everything in his store had perfect measurements, that his jewels had extremely accurate cuts, and the watches he sold would be precise."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"Carroll’s A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 provides the best top-down view of border-formation in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Workmen with knowledge of ship measurement requirements would harvest lumber and oversee its transport back to Thomaston."

Friendship Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"Some areas of snow measured fifteen feet in depth. The wind made it very difficult to see and some drifts were up to eight feet high."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Measured in square miles, RSU 10 is the largest school district east of the Mississippi; within it’s capacious boundaries lie a number of interesting…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"There were even measuring parties where the community got together and measured the height of the children in a traditional manner."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out property lines using basswood bark, The “men measured off six parcels of…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Library Smuggling During this period, despite measures taken by Washington to curtail illicit trade in the border region, goods continued to flow…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"After several attempts to build a grading system that would measure learning, a system was developed in 1924 by Myron Hamer, Principal of the High…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… rebuilding programs, and poverty alleviation measures. He also has a large impact on kids' lives."