Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… fire, succeeded in placing an automatic rifle team in position to neutralize the enemy’s fire, thus removing the wounded men to safety."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town games, and the military used it to transport soldiers to and from World War II."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… Hill and hauled about two miles to the landing by teams of oxen. The bark Delia Chapin, also built by Major Waterhouse, was the last ship built in…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Many athletic teams reached the state finals, bringing recognition to the skills of the area’s athlethes. Rumford Public Library, Rumford, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"The team members of the Western Foothills History Project fall squarely into the latter category: Why is there a Buckfield Hill in Byron? What’s the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"The costs to raise and support the surveying teams in their field efforts were extreme and more than four boxes of the Barclay Collection includes…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Abbott School Track Team, Farmington, 1918Farmington Historical Society Abbot Junior College Flyer, 1928Farmington Historical Society The…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Col. Morse ordered 16 pair of oxen in two heavy teams to make the trip to Hallowell to haul cables and fittings to New Portland."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… islanders rowed to Lincolnville, borrowed a team and drove to Camden for a doctor. Northern islanders rowed to Castine for medical help."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… semi-pro Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League. Athletic Field & Preble Farm, Guilford, 1925Guilford…"

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

"… teamster to organize “Plow Day” during which five teams of draft horses plowed the fields that were originally farmed by the Loring family more…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… cope with a terminal illness, VNA has a statewide team of professionals who provide a broad array of home health care and hospice services designed…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… the sawdust, and employed drillers, saw-men, oxen teams, and delivery people. Wars and economic times impacted New Portland as in other areas."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… so popular during this time that even sporting teams did not elicit the same amount of interest that the contests between the local horses did."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to house the high school’s competitive sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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