Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… the digger and powered the digger mechanism, the horses tired easily. They had to rest frequently or were replaced by another team of horses."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"The beleaguered party, tired and hungry, arrived back in Bangor at 4:15 p.m. the next day. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… discs which where bound with half inch iron tires. In the center was a pump with one cylinder. The body was five and a half feet long."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against the opinions of two men when determining school business."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"My wife was always tired and never slept. She was scared that something was going to happen to me. The same was true of my daughter."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… tied to an arrow or harpoon so the whale would be tired enough so the could kill it. This method was used as early as 6000 B.C. in South Korea."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"He invented a tire hook chain, a rim stretcher and a temple joint for eyeglasses. That is how W.A. Brown was a part of Lincoln, Maine and what he did…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The wood processing faculties were old and tired, necessitating the building of a new woodroom in 1966."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… was minimum wage? I don’t really remember but tires cost 18 dollars and I could get one a week. But things have changes so much since the war and I…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"… oil, wood bio-mass, coal, chipped rubber, auto tires, and natural gas as fuel to produce steam at 1250 psi."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… transfer station was developed, a nearly new tire store was lost in a fiery spectacle, and the ’79 flood caused severe damage at Pride…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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