Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"2011 http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/train-popularity.html member, of the town.Annual report. 1903. member, of the town."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… River anymore, for trucks are used instead as transportation. The process of logging has changed throughout the years because there are newer and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… Mill X Before bridges on the island, transportation was provided onto the island by a ferry. The ferry was not safe, nor time efficient."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… important to Hampden, an alternative means of transportation became available in 1897. That was the year the Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… lumber for building, and the Penobscot River for transportation. When Sylvia and Stephen were married, they wanted extra room to grow, to build…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… Road through Lincoln was the main avenue of transportation for most of the troops, so it must have excited lots of the townspeople."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… animals, outlaws, hunger, disease, and losing transportation. He was probably sad, too, because Jacob was his friend and there weren’t many ways of…"

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

"Access to ship transportation in Yarmouth was essential, as trains hadn’t yet come to the interior. The Town Hall, Masonic Lodge, North Yarmouth…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… of engineering provided a much easier mode of transportation at a time when more and more “people from away” were discovering the rustic delights…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… of educational and employment resources, public transportation, and social services. She settled on two centers of need which appeared to have the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"That transportation was likely in the form of a family member or neighbor who had a suitable conveyance."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The washout also detoured the freight and passengers being transported from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Boston, Massachusetts."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… businesses existed largely to supply food and transportation to the Asticou Inn’s summer guests."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… per week,” and with the Androscoggin Railroad to transport students to and from the School. Farmington State Normal School, Farmington…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… efficiently run trolley was not the only means of transportation to the park, however. Patrons could also arrive, in more romantic fashion, by…"

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

"… was cut out of ledges at the top of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was loaded on ships with…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… controversial issues in the 1980s was school bus transportation. Following a series of meetings, the voters of Guilford approved the purchase of a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… the greater Bangor area, gardening and farming, transportation, education, politics, dance and music, religion, the Civil War era, Irish in Bangor…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… go in the garage so we were able to have some transportation until we removed the trees from our yard."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and the old one sold for a dollar to house a new transportation company which brought excise tax dollars and jobs; a fitness center opened; library…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Transporting spool bars, Lincoln, 1916Lincoln Historical Society Colleen McMoarn "Imagine you are a resident of Lincoln during the era of…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This facilitated much easier transportation to the Academy than horse and cart or walking. High school students had to pay to ride the local bus for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He settled in California where he transported freight up the Sacramento River. At some point, he came back to Farmington where he settled in the…"