Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… Opera House was torn down in 1971 because its owners were not making enough profit. It had been located at 66 Centre Street since 1913, when…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Owners of a local store Leigh and Wingate had 300 barrels of flour taken from them by these mighty waters."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… and overseer of Bowdoin College, principal owner of Maine’s first cotton mill in Brunswick, and a founder and president of Bath’s first bank."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"When mill owner Charles Forster died, his estate funded a 16-bed hospital. Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years."

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

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Evelyn was daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Owners and drivers come from around the country, though the purse is smaller than some, because of its relaxed, authentic atmosphere."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Pictures of his home survive. And he was the owner of a saw mill near his home. For further information on Alexander, see the Mill Section."

Otisfield Historical Society

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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…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Many of those early pew owners were some of the earliest settlers in town.Farmington Historical Society The early settlers desired higher education…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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