Maine Memory Network

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

"Agricultural items got to market by a horse drawn tote wagon. There were few paying jobs and that meant little money available for families to…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… and opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Kelley, druggist; Pike’s Market; A. Rowell; A.B. Sumner and Co.; Staples & Son, general merchant; F.Y."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… renewed interest in locally grown foods, farmer's markets and co-ops, new farms are beginning to appear in Hancock and Washington Counties."

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

"… public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local farming, two historical societies, a music lending library, and myriad…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"In 1962 Cliff & Naomi Worthen opened Worthen's Market. This beautiful building was razed in 2000 to make way for the Rite Aid store which currently…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Libby transported over the road from his farm to market.(7) The “new” County Road, Route 22, made a direct connection to Gorham, Portland and the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… highway to national and even international markets. Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Passamaquoddy Bay – new technology and expanding markets 1893 • SS Cumberland made its first voyage from Boston to Lubec, inaugurating steam ship…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"that helps American businesses in foreign markets. He conducts international business in China and all around the world."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond. Several generations of Dolloffs used the premises…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… vessels were forbidden to trade with foreign markets, causing economic hardship in Lubec and Eastport."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the key to the success of the industry, a viable market, was already passing. In 2001 the last canning plant in Lubec closed."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… clapboards, and laths were shipped to the Boston market while boards and 2’ X 4’s were sold locally."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… traders and manufacturers saw their overseas markets disappear. Business plummeted and ships languished."

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

"… furnished employment for many and gave a ready market for birch timber. Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New Portland, 1948New…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… the household and also sold to local and distant markets. The family likely brought milk and butter daily to the East North Yarmouth train depot…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Acadian Archives

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"To market, it was cut into half-inch wide strips, and finally into three-quarter-inch inch pieces. The entire batch was dusted with cornstarch so…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the 1870s, but those that remained found a steady market for wooden schooners in the ice and coal trade."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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