Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"

Monmouth Museum

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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"By the village’s bicentennial, many of the people who worked year-round in Northeast Harbor could no longer afford to live in the village."

McArthur Public Library

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Davistown Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"It was a small steam powered mill with a round rotary saw. The carriage, which moved the lumber along the saw, was short and referred to by locals as…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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

"… busy place for two months in the summer, but year-round jobs were scarce and the town's resident population declined as many young people left to…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Remember, that American Can operated virtually year round, in contrast to the canneries, and offered considerable employment."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… rural landscape until roads were navigable year round. The Farmington Village Corporation, established in 1850, would eventually provide of a clean…"