Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Boston Flint Company sandpaper mill beside Vaughan Brook.Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Stone Bridge over Vaughan…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Company, whose main owner was Charles Bradbury of Boston. He hired Samuel Batchelder, who made the mill a success."

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

"… small-town character, proximity to Portland and Boston, excellent schools, abundant undeveloped land and easy access to mountains and the sea are…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 1 of 3

"The engineering firm of Metcalf & Eddy, of Boston, was hired to assess a suitable location for a new, larger water reservoir to meet the growing…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"McKenney. Marcus Ormsbee moved his studio from Boston to Portland in 1843 and practiced in the city through 1850."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… uncle Jonathan Belcher, who was an influential Boston merchant and Governor of Massachusetts (1730-1741.) Noyes graduated from Harvard College and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Often ships from other states, like Boston, would arrive with goods for Hallowell. The wharf played an important role in Hallowell's shipping and…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… staves, white oak capstan bars destined for Boston or Bristol or Jamaica. So many vessels called at Hallowell during this period that news was…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"For more that forty years, Agry sailed from Boston to England, France, and Mediterranean ports.  Agry’s wife accompanied him on many of his voyages…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Boston : Samuel G. Drake, c1873. Lonergan, Thomas J. Henry Knox : George Washington's Confidant, General of Artillery, and America's First Secretary…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Bowdoin College Library

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Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882. MANUSCRIPTS AND MISCELLANEOUS An Interview with Fred and Clifford Coggins…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"They were transported to and used mostly in Boston and New York City. While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"John D. Towle of Boston designed the Italianate structure. Martin wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"Designed by Boston dressmaker W.H. Bigelow, the garment is trimmed throughout with colorful hand-embroidered floral sprays, and chenille bobble…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"… in fur trade with the Wabanakis, until four Boston Merchants bought it in 1661 for £400. During the wars of 1675-1678 and 1688-1699, the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… recognition Marley ended up heading down to Boston, Massachusetts and doing stand up there. He did stand-up for over five years before getting the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"In 1834, Jacob moved from Boston to Roxbury, MA. While in Roxbury, Jacob served as a pastor for the parish of a Congregational church which he also…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Boston and Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat wharf in Hampden and carried passengers and freight from town to town along…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Ships were sent down to Boston to collect even more clothes. All the cloth was then transported to the Crosby Paper Mill in Hampden, Maine."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… MillStrong Historical Society Charles Forster of Boston developed a machine to mass-produce toothpicks."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Fly Rod attended large outdoor trade shows in Boston and New York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing…"