Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… of the great unorganized body of the common people some fine parts, at least, of this sea-side wilderness of Maine?” -- Charles Eliot, Garden &…"

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

"Work was begun the summer of 1988 with help from summer work groups from the Mission at the Eastward."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Maybe if he wouldn’t have gone to war and people from Lincoln didn’t fight in the war, the war could have been fought here."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… businesses that followed also flourished because people had jobs and money to spend in town. In 1840, the population was listed at 1,109 residents…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"I think this was true because people didn't have computers or televisions at home to entertain them. They read books and magazines instead."

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

"It began as an Agricultural Fair were people brought animals to auction off and show, while people would bring fruits and veggies from their garden."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Numerous people died every day. There was a lot of disease, not enough food or adequate medical care."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… mill was held and was attended by more than 300 people. For a sampling of products of Strong Wood Turning Corp., click here."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

""If people are looking at moving to the area or bringing jobs and business here, then they will look at our school and see that we are a National…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Historical Society The railroad had many people working for it. There have also been many different railroad agents for the Bangor and Piscataquis…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… Woodbury was alive he probably convinced lots people to come here and admire his work with what everybody had done."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Individual people all had to call the Tree People. As spring came and as the snow melted there were just branches everywhere, just all over as a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… existence and in order to survive and thrive, people had to make their own way and be very self-sufficient, serving as their own doctors, grocers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… of years ago when the ancestors of the Wabanaki people came to the place they later called Pemetic (pemotonet in Passamaquoddy), which translates…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"This building has been well used throughout the years, and hopefully it will stand for many years to come. Many teachers, students and towns people…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"The Odd Fellows are a group of people that believe in a Supreme Creator. It was located at an intersection at South Main Street and Hudson Avenue."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"But so do people who live right in the town go there all the time. Osgood's & Newberry's Drawing by Nick Jordan X There are differences between…"

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

"1900North Yarmouth Historical Society Like the people in these two towns, those in the ‘back’ lots of North Yarmouth also wanted their own church…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"People had less, but what they had, they valued more. Although children worked hard, helping to feed the animals, bale the hay and weed the gardens…"

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

"Yet, the people of Blue Hill still pride themselves on self-sufficiency and hard work. The town continues to draw summer visitors but for most of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Maintaining Asticou After World War II, more people came to Mount Desert Island than had in previous generations."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"But one way that people used the Vaughan Stream was for power. When the stream wasn’t dried up, factories used a series of pipes to generate power."