Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… common name "Plymouth Company" was intentionally tied to the Plymouth Colony to justify their claim."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was made out of steel tracks, timber ties, railroad spikes, and railroad ties. The railroad was used for both passenger and freight trains."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… one at the top which is where workers and sailors tied the masts or steered the ship. The other decks were used for storage or sleeping quarters."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… the topics needed to be specific to Islesboro and tied with current events (a link between past and present)."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… books were ordered, new cards were printed and tied to the earlier cards. Apparently each borrower had a set of these cards, in effect a complete…"

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

"By 1849, strong ties had developed between Yarmouth village and the interior. Trees cut for lumber near Walnut Hill village were used to build ships…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… a part of Surry, they were not connected by the tie of friendship, consequently they could not, in the transaction of their public business…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Many of the old ties have been broken as the generation that remembers "the old days" passes on. The island is not the same now as it was twenty…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… of MSAD’s 21 and 43 have traditionally close ties, and that part of the merger made a natural fit."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… underneath; the boys looked polished in their new ties, pants, and shiny shoes. Easter Sunrise Services began at 6:00 a.m."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"Charles Burr’s life reveals the ties between Madigan and Mercy Hospitals. Burr’s father was a doctor at Madigan, and his mother was the director of…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… only their contributions to Mercy, but also the ties that the hospital has to communities across the region."

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

"… like we’re financially ruined.”(4) Barrels were tied to both sides of the boat in an attempt to haul it out."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… were made with sheepskin, were hand- written and tied with a ribbon. This is where the saying “Hang your sheep skin on the wall” came from."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth, East Surry residents tended to be affluent, and adventuresome, as they farmed…"

Acadian Archives

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… an aristocrat based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with ties to the Bar Harbor area, agreed to contribute between $30,000 and $40,000 toward the construction…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… rail and the “chair” held the rail to the ties.) The railroad operated six locomotives, two carriages for passengers, a baggage car, and a number…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… the Maine Central Railroad came into the city and tied Bangor to other parts of the country. The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad soon followed."

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

"… residents almost always have community ties in the next village. With so many bridges to join them together, New Portland is a singular town, with…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… a working ribbon of steel and concrete intimately tying two communities in two nations into a single working relationship."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… engine and a platform car loaded with sleepers (ties) came across. Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the brow of the hill near…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… its earliest settlement the town has maintained ties of family, friendship and commerce with New Brunswick."