Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… “technology” they had back then, it would have taken between seven to eleven years to be “water ready,” able to float and move in rough waters."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional…"

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… and Lucas London Farming in Maine has been a rough and rocky road. Almost four centuries ago, settlers from Europe began coming to the region that…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… General Henry Knox Museum Daily, Knox kept rough entries of his various business dealings in wastebooks, ledgers that contained rough accountings…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"He was said to be rough in manner but was a successful teacher of the first class of 13 students. By 1820 there were 77 students. Mr."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"If you were going down a rough road, you could pull a lever inside the car which raised the whole car body higher off the ground."

Maine State Archives

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865

"… & co on patterns in their foundry a great bawling rough haram scaram man who was poor and went to the baptist meeting the poorest clod of any body…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 2

"14. Roughly 700,000 of Maine's 1.2 million residents were without electricity at one time or another. 15."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… but just after leaving Wales she encountered rough seas and storms. She was forced to put into Lisbon since she was leaking badly, and an…"

Baxter State Park

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Cary Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… with much at stake as the company laid claim to a roughly 1,500 square mile region on either side of the Kennebec River."

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

"… virtually put an end to a century and a half of rough and tumble business. In recent years, the cleaned-up river has attracted a new type of…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Another road, that roughly paralleled Webb River and junctioned with the Backingdom Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… end of 1870, this small group of 51 settlers had roughed out seven miles of road; cut 180 acres of forest (of which 100 acres were burned off and…"

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

"… was by water or rickety “buckboard” carriages on rough, bumpy, steep buckboard roads. Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor."

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

"… to turn quickly, were very seaworthy, and managed rough seas very well. The engine was usually a gasoline car engine."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Their houses were rough hewn from pine with no adequate provision for proper sanitation or ventilation."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… his traveling companions were thrown about very roughly. He hit his head on a broken iron projection on the coach door, opening a five inch gash…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Society and Maine State Museum The journal is roughly chronological. It begins with genealogical information about his and his wife's families…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… along the bottom of the horseshoe of Asticou Way roughly where the present home of Tom Savage at 8 Asticou Way is located."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… between July and November of 1887, and caused roughly 900,000 deaths in China. It was caused by collapsed dikes and heavy rainfall, which caused…"