Maine Memory Network

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

"… they have to be resourceful to make a living in a small town in downeast Maine. The mix of long-time residents and new migrants has helped make…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Village Store and Homes, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"In 1864 he sold his store and went to Washington, D. C., where he served in Ordnance Department until the close of the war."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"It had a small store, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Around 1853 a general store was established in the village and a store/restaurant has operated in the original building ever since then."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… War in North Yarmouth and Cumberland Like so many small towns throughout the United States, Cumberland and North Yarmouth made a substantial…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… could go to acquire goods or services—at general stores, blacksmiths, and carriage-making shops. Villages such as East North Yarmouth, Walnut Hill…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… with drug stores, grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… from today: no nearby doctors, hospitals, grocery stores or department stores. Long distance communication occurred by written letter and mail."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… and North Yarmouth 1850s shipyardBrick Store Museum Shipbuilding In 1812, the area that later became Cumberland Foreside was the location of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Bangor’s people also had only a small number of stores at which to shop. The many families did not have enough houses to live in."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… and transacted business at the post office and stores in Walnut Hill. The Loring children went to the nearby Buxton School, a one room schoolhouse."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The town of Blue Hill paid the Academy a small amount of money, but this was barely enough to sustain it."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… time, most towns in Cumberland County were very small. The 1860 Census showed North Yarmouth to have only 209 families; Cumberland’s count was 329."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings. The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… traveled up the Penobscot River and ransacked stores and rifled provisions from local merchants."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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