Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Rabbits and squirrels are common, with occasional muskrats. Pheasants and partridge were introduced as game in the 1950s, and still inhabit the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"The most common place to find a telegraph in Lincoln was at the railroad station. Telephone operator's building, Lincoln, ca."

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

"Cars became more common after the war, increasing the contact between the villages on the island. Swan’s Island cars were often patched-together…"

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

"Before car use became common, two people on opposite ends of the island could go years without seeing each other. Model T. Ford by E.R."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"When Kim Colbeth's 3-5th grade class started studying the island quarries, many of her students had stories about a common relative: Fritz Johnson."

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… invention of the sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"The Last Kennebec Logdrive 1976 Log jams were common on the log drive. The logs sometimes got caught up on rocks, stopping the ones behind or even…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"His sons settled in that part called the Common, and its location approximated the center of the township."

Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He was characterized by his common sense attitude and determination and drive. Being mainly self-taught he was an exceptionally bright individual and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… remaining seating consisted of settees, for the common folk, arranged at an incline. On Sunday afternoons, band concerts were performed by the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"Another common factor was that a lot of homes and business's were and are with out power. Those are the similarities between the ice storm of 98” in…"

Haystack Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… A bike ride to get together with friends was common place. If a car was available, a ride around the island was a pleasant way to spend the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… cloth is now not one-quarter of the producing in common times, and every week it is growing smaller."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… main species of whales that are hunted are the Common Minke Whale and the Antarctic Minke Whale. Many began joining in against whaling, with many…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… be very much influenced by our neighbors on the Common and in East Dixfield. Bicentenial Memorabilia Seal, Dixfield, 2003.Dixfield Historical…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"The towns split in 1821, but joined together again to form the local school district in 1966. In 2006, the schools were linked by a sidewalk that…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The common size of the ice cakes were twenty two inches by twelve inches and weighed about a hundred pounds. Sometimes the cakes were broken apart."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"The common size of the ice cakes were twenty two inches by twelve inches and weighed about a hundred pounds. Sometimes the cakes were broken apart."

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

"We remember the tumultuous births of each town and recall their similar developments and common themes."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"Now Buckfield residents have nowhere to get common goods such as food and household items. In addition, Buckfield once had its own Health Center."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Cumberland Town Farm, 1857 X Living idly The laws provided for the creation of work houses where the idle and indigent could live and work."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… vest in the MHS collection, are the most commonly surviving items of mid-eighteenth-century male dress. Robinson pitcher, ca."