Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… so it appeared there wouldn’t be enough water to drive logs. One night it rained all night and the wind blew very hard."

Baxter State Park

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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… community events such as Christmas caroling, food drives, and theatrical events. Many volunteers and an active parent-teacher group support the…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive. Mercy also received nearly $240,000 in federal funds for furnishings and equipment."

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

"… known as Cranberry Lodge, located at 20 Peabody Drive, on a corner of Peabody Drive above the Asticou Inn where the main road of Route 3 meets the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"He has probably been driving in Lincoln longer than anyone else. He was a Ford dealer from 1910 to 1928. He sold his first car to Claude Butterfield."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… Academy moved to its new location on Reed Drive. We now know this building as the high school, where students move on to grades 9-12."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully cataloged, protected from fire and climate…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… Aerial View of Asticou Way and Peabody Drive Looking East ca. 1975Northeast Harbor Library Today, in the early 21st century, we exist in an…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… Brook at the Gorianksi property, 153 Peabody Drive. However, John and Sarah were first buried in a private family cemetery near the site of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The first known method for whaling is driving the whales into the shallow water by frightening them with loud noises."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… became more popular, but they could not drive them in the winter and spring. Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would…"

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

"“Driving pelting rain” on Tuesday January 23rd, along with temperatures above freezing, reduced the accumulated white stuff a foot, leaving the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Islesboro Central School PO Box 118 159 Alumni Drive 734.2251 www.islesboro-central.k12.me.us Alice L."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… this one particular day I asked him if I could drive the horses and he said yes I could and I did, but I don’t know…whatever way I was supposed to…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… in the next three pages: Fires Floods Log Drives Fires Text By: Jamie Libby and Chase Bouton Eighth Grade Students at Piscataquis Community…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"My family is full of Ford fans, all we drive is Ford. Without the dealership being started in the area my family would have to travel south to get a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… to the wood industry sporting many a “log drive” in its heyday. Soon Mr. Graves built a tannery, called by the villagers the “bark mill.” It…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"By 1853 this company processed more than 128 million feed of logs. The river drive in later years transported great quantities of long logs, and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… piers are still visible today from Riverside Drive between State and Main Streets. During World War II, an extension was built to the Presque Isle…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"It’s a long drive, but I’m sure that if you took the car and some furs to sell on the way for gas, you can get there fine.” “Now that wouldn’t help…"

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

"… Farm,” perhaps originating from the view as one drives down The Lane from the center of town. The Semmes converted the farm from a dairy farm to a…"