Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… of Strong were shipped to markets all over the world. Forster Manufacturing Co. Forster's Toothpick MillStrong Historical Society Charles…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… employed a “Chinaman” on the other side of the world to put a large flat washer on the end and screw on a large nut."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… and at one point had the largest fleet in the world under a family flag. He came into town and got the idea that he wanted to build the hotel."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… would bring across the sea with them from the Old World. However poorly Maine's native peoples faired after contact with Europeans, only the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"World War II and the army air base brought many new people into the area including Clark Gable, movie star and member of the Army Air Force, and Bob…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Society From the 1680's to the 1760's, war after war broke over the natives and settlers like the waves crashing along the rocky shoreline."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… before and during the Civil War and during World War II. It is for this reason that you will see simple citations for the newspapers we used in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"During World War II, an extension was built to the Presque Isle Air Force Base. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Significant Events

"… the nation it has played a significant part in the country's history and its impact has gone beyond the city's boundaries into the world arena."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"… and gender in early America and the Atlantic World. At the time this essay was written (2022), Prof."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… — more than a million people around the world who come together to assist professional researchers."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… and gender in early America and the Atlantic World, and an associate professor at Texas State University, with research and course work focused on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… efforts to bring the region into the European world each collapsed so quickly and immediately that the Wabanaki inhabitants of the region could be…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The World Wars put a damper on this grand expansion plan. Gould sold his controlling interest to the Canadian Pacific in the late 1940s for $225 per…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… engage transcription volunteers from around the world. At present, the project is on track to transcribe upwards of 75% of content by the project's…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Adelaide Pearson

"… for Blue Hill's growth as a cultural center after the Second World War. Adelaide Pearson with violin, 1894Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… is the largest manufacturer of golf tees in the world. Pride Sales Agency was established in 1930 in Tampa, Florida by Fletcher Pride to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Home Front America: Popular Culture of the World War II Era. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. Print. Shaw, Dick."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26 went off to war, women were expected to replace them in the workforce, and people of all ages…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981

"… to attempt another balloon flight around the world, spoke to students from Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in Presque Isle who…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"In general, World War II generated a mind-set of "make do" and "mend". War time fashion restrictions included hose (today we would call them…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"Student Exhibits Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Patten Free Library Text by Noah Lapointe, Austin Lewis, Kyle Perry, and Shadow Stephens 7th grade students at Bath Middle School."