Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… the Southport and the Westport, made their final runs and freight and passenger service to and from Islesboro ended."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Machias completed • Stage coaches for passengers run by William Chaloner who also kept a hotel in Lubec • First Christian Church built in Lubec •…"

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

"… regular route was the Providence – to – New York run. On February 11, 1907, in the middle of the night, in what would be Rhode Island’s worst…"

Phillips Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"His store in Atlantic was run out of a portion of his home, and was in operation at least from 1920-1941 (his marriage license in 1923 lists him as a…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… for the steamboat Rockland to add the town to its run. In 1867 the wharf was expanded, the Lewiston began regular stops there, and tourism took a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch turned and lobster traps could be hauled aboard."

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"There was water running in these barrels all the time. You would haul the ice out and was it to get rid of the sawdust."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… home to Kenneth Drake and he also continued to run the home until it was shut down because of State fire regulations in 1990."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… door to a family who had a big barn and remembers running as fast as he could to get past the horses."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"They didn’t use oil, so basically everything was run off of coal or wood. For cooking they basically had the same things as heating."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The hotel was built and run by Captain William Herrick (1841-1925). William's son Charles had the hotel afterwards, though it was said of him that he…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"My mother at first stayed at home- most house wives stayed at home- and I’m a little ambiguous about that. It pays to have a mother in the house."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Electricity made running water possible, and plumbing and heating changed in island houses. There was also a decrease in the popular Fourth of July…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"One by one, the post masters who had run offices out of their homes retired, and a single post office now serves the entire island."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Saving's Institution contributes to Bath's history in many ways. It's the oldest bank in Bath still running, having been in business since 1852."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… to Montpelier on May 24, 1801: After a pleasant run of 37 hours we arrived at our home. Nothing could be more light than the breeze, and nothing…"

Thomaston Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… Hotel Strong and then served as a 16 bed hospital run by Dr. Charles Bell and owned by the Forster Manufacturing Company."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… left more than $1,500,000 in a trust fund to be run by the Davenport Foundation, mostly for the benefit of organizations and programs in Bath."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… with two quick strokes of a tiny axe, and then running lines the whole length of the raft with a clove hitch over each pin."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… he ran restaurants in Boston, of course running a restaurant he had access to food, and he would exchange meals not for money, but for a personal…"