Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… wrote about working for Rufus Prince, a club of young men formed to discuss current events and other topics, the destructive freshet of 1846, a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… war in which we gave up three hundred thousand young good and true men to their distant & mournfull graves, and three thousand Millions in treasure…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… and Clark rented a house and "In a short time the young men who cared but little about Character visited the house in dozens and some disgracefull…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"These young men wanted to form a ski club. Back then they did not have much money to do things like that because that was during the Depression and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"1895Abbe Museum In the 1870s, Henry Richards, a young architect from Gardiner, Maine, traveled by steamer to Bar Harbor to supervise the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… a pastor and educator, dedicated to educating young men and women in the Farmington area, as well as other areas in and out of the state of Maine."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the plainer folk, found its completest record.” Young Couple from Hallowell X If all members of the community did not set out to “be right on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… the ascension of a yellow silk balloon named "Young America." It was the first balloon ascension in Bangor."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"More G-men were on the other side of the street, in cars, and on the sidewalks in case a dispute broke out."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They took a few captive young boys and 28 scalps including Father Rasle's to parade around Boston and brag of the killing."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Regardless of how proficient a young father was with an axe, adze or saw, he did not receive 75 cents a day (apprentices received fifty cents) per…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"A History of Thomaston Maine For Young Readers. Rockland: Lakeside Printing, 1994. The chapter of this book that we read told us about Perez Henry…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"1937 Crosby served as a role model for young women interested in the outdoors. Strong Historical Society Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby died on Armistice…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Fassett trained both young men as draftsmen. From 1880 to 1884 Stevens served as Fassett’s junior partner, the position Tompson would hold from 1886…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Here it is up to the eaves of the building, and young Fletcher Downes is standing on top of the bank."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… saying “In these times of improper use, that the Young Folk were using the cup to add water to their drink."

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

"It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific spirit struggled to continue amid the distractions of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… of the 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was expanding) that several families from Concord, Massachusetts established a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… change, Coombs formed a partnership with another young architect, Charles H. Kimball of Portland. The firm of Kimball and Coombs lasted only a year."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… the settler spectrum from the Vaughans were the young people who came to Hallowell with limited means, good educations and a determination to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Women's lives were hard and they often died young. Men frequently died at sea, and often children did not survive to adulthood."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… cover two who served in World War II - one very young, one near the upper limit of age to serve; one came home, one did not; one was male, one was…"