Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"At its height, the 702nd Strategic Missile Wing employed 1200 military personnel and 300 civilians at an annual expenditure of $8 million per year."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… had increased their plant size sixfold and their employment tenfold. Their largest market was in the United States but they began to export…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"The largest single employer, established after the Civil War, was the granite industry. For over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"Employed fire departments keep their fire fighters all year round. Volunteer fire departments don’t operate the same way."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Most of the settlers were employed farming, fishing or both. Some traded with the native populations, and there was a carpenter and a few mechanics…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Soon after, Russell left to fight in World War II. Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… out on Swan's Island, and were inactive by World War II. Island resident Marion Stinson speaks of the hall: "I remember just one play there…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… used the house to take in boarders during the war. Clevie remarried after Mary, a Sunday school teacher, passed away in 1950."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… and held regular dances before and after the war. The dances raised money for the first island fire truck."

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 - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… this region of Maine prior to the Indian Wars of 1725-26. The Malecite were known for their skill in dealing with the salt-water environment…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… politician, Son of Liberty, Revolutionary War figure, and all-around interesting character, Swan followed the current trend of wealthy men…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… Down Easters and schooners in great numbers, employing large numbers of workers and tradesmen. Business was so good the two men were known as two…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… 1805 wastebook records such details as who he was employing in his varous lime burning, brick making, and ship building enterprises, how much he…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"It employed more than 700 men, women, and boys. The printing department alone employed more than 100 employees."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… learned the principles of modernism that he employed throughout his career. After receiving his B.A."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… from throughout New England with hopes of employment. An exception to the more modest construction along the river was that of Montpelier, a…"

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

"Wars and economic times impacted New Portland as in other areas. The Civil War caused a drop in population thanks to the great number of people…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"In 1826, the ice industry rose in popularity and employed thousands of people over the next seventy-five years."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"In 1826, the ice industry rose in popularity and employed thousands of people over the next seventy-five years."

Colby College Special Collections

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… the latest methods that nurses were expected to employ in 1928, which included the techniques for proper leeching of patients."

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

"Summer residents were one of the biggest employers in town in the early part of the Century. A few mills still operated along Mill Stream in the…"