Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… many from the town played an active role in the struggle for independence. After the Revolution, Maine was again the new frontier."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"They struggled with the foreign words, many attempting to learn the Cyrillic alphabet to improve their pronunciation and grasp of the language they…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… moved onto the island to work had married and now struggled to remain on the island after their jobs disappeared; others followed jobs to Rockland…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… a landsman to get up out of a comfortable bed and struggle up on a cold, wet, cheerless deck to handle cold, wet lines and colder, wetter fish, all…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… recognized nations, and despite their continued struggle with deeply rooted discrimination, they have worked hard to maintain their cultural…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The struggle for women to gain the right to vote started in Maine, in 1854, although, this is not when it became a major debate."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The family was already struggling to pay the bills, and the student would have to drop out to help pay them if unaided."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… and provisions were diminished by the time they struggled to haul the boats up over the Skowhegan Falls."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… arrive somewhere without these foundations and struggle to create them. They must have been tenacious, dogged, and determined—not just to…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The electric company was still struggling to turn a profit and asked Gould for advice. He suggested that they could increase production by installing…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"City officials struggled with ways to revitalize its city core along the banks of the Kenduskeag and Penobscot Rivers and settled on an ambitious but…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"This was an example of the many struggles of women back in the 1800s, so then she worked as a physician and missionary for the Chinese community."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… a mixture of local stores, restaurants and banks struggling to compete with rapidly growing out-of-town shopping centers."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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