Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… take a leisurely afternoon trip, or go longer distances for family trips or for business. The cost to rent a horse for a trip to nearby Phillips…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"A significant distance from Boston, Mainers relied on whatever help they could receive.[3] Likely due to geographic distance than any conscious or…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"It was also an ideal landing spot for long distance Atlantic flights, there was no need for the pilot to go further inland after the arduous journey."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… along the Sandy River, albeit only for a limited distance. Fly Rod retired to a quiet life in downtown Phillips."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… she caught her skirt and was dragged quite a distance. Her leg was seriously injured, and she endured a lot of pain for the rest of her life."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… (so called because they extended only a short distance below the waist over the petticoat), and with round gowns, in which case they were visible…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… that were repaired enough to handle the shorter distances of island travel. Public services also expanded with time."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The inn offered “Electric Lights, Long Distance Telephone, Telegraphic Office, Saddle Horses, [and] Excellent Livery” (Wood 73)."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… many ways of communicating with people from long distances; they wouldn’t be able to talk much. The only way would be to send letters back and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… of extensive travel, some of them at least a distance of nine miles to attend a town meeting, and perform the ordinary duties of a citizen.” The…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Google Maps tells us that the distance between Byron and Buckfield—respectively the northern and southern-most towns in RSU 10—is 43 miles, with a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"It has a gentle pitch over its distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… the disease could not fly for more then that distance without landing on something, therefore if they had nothing to land on they could not reach…"

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

"East North Yarmouth At a distance of 2 1/2 miles from Walnut Hill Village, North Yarmouth's Old Town House stands on the west side of Route 9."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"That distance, broken up into six irregular city blocks, is lengthy in comparison to the three-block, east-west width of this historic downtown."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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