Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House Text by Claire Keating and Billy Price 7th Grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Sagadahoc County Courthouse Text by Jared Gilliam, Emily Parker, and Kaitlyn Smith 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Intersection of Centre and Washington Text by Kyle Hietala, Savannah Silva, and Micheal Stinson 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The Customs House Text by Kimberly Mathews, Charles Mills, Courtney Mitchell, and Ashley Rusaw 7th grade students at Bath Middle School Images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Davenport Memorial and City Hall Text by Rebecca Black, Christie Duffy, Courtney McKinney, and Brook Mitchell 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… smaller towns outside of Portland, yet be able to work or shop in the city. The trolleys also allowed residents to visit area amusement parks and…"

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

"… few kids attended school every day because of work at home. This made it so very few kids actually graduated."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies. (Corporation meeting notes and minutes were kept by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"While serving in the senate, Rufus worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking work with hours dependent on tides and light. The metal rake or “clam hoe” has a short 12”-18”…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… mechanic who built his own airplane, and he also worked for a Mr. Jones who owned an airplane hanger in Old Orchard Beach."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… within a three-mile boundary of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a compact of fifteen eastern…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Bickford worked in the larger section that was like a one-story barn. Bickford built five more lobster boats between 1937 and 1945."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… tables became common to encourage students to work together. Today, portable desks and tables are common in schools."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"At home some worked on Liberty ships at the shipyard in South Portland. Frances Libbey, a Scarborough teacher, wrote to local servicemen and…"

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

"Work began and by the next spring Harold was back fishing from the Cappy. In a later diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… in the United States Senate; and as a senator, worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union as a free state."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"Other trucks had a hydraulic hoist. These were operated by the truck driver. Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The truck was driven back to the potato field so that the empties could be dropped onto the picker's sections."

Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Over 110 crews and 150 trucks set out to battle the freezing temperatures and falling ice in an attempt to restore power to the people of Maine."

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

"… page 10 that shows two young men loading a potato truck was taken on the Myron Gartley Farm in Presque Isle in 1976, about the time Mr Gartley…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… you would load the ice on the wagon or into the truck and off you would go.” “Then my father bought a truck to haul the ice."