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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… on site as it was not available on the open market. Aftermath of Hardwood Products Fire, Guilford, 1958Guilford Historical Society In 1978, a…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… growth of new equipment and they expanded their market. They sold out all over New England and the Mid Atlantic States."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… to send lumber along to the Penobscot River to market. In order to take lumber from both mills down the river, they had to be assembled into rafts."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… Fair.” www.cumberlandfair.com Cumberland Farmers Market. www.cumberlandfarmersmarket.org Hutchinson, Grace E. History of Prince Memorial Library."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports. By 1782, for example, Reuben Colburn from Pittston, the same Reuben…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Charles Stanley Sons Market, Mexico, ca. 1900Mexico Historical Society Dr. Walker was the earliest educated physician, whose residence occupied the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The Bath Natural Market specializes in natural foods, wines and natural medicines. The Irish Pub is a restaurant."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Company building was changed to Cornier’s Market, then Worthen’s Market, and is currently Rite Aid."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time. The market for salt fish expanded in 1800, leading more settlers to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… time, the means of getting the finished paper to market. The history of Rumford as a great paper making center began on July 12, 1893, when The…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… prosperity for many who sent their surplus to markets outside of the area. Settled in 1780, the pioneers planted corn, potatoes and turnips to get…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… to experience dramatic scenery, and a developing market of tourist brochures and guidebooks provided instructions to “rusticators” on what to do…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Bar Harbor, recognized that there was a growing market for a decidedly upscale motion-picture venue the island."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… We would deliver to the Worster House and the markets. In he summer they would have soda in big tubs to keep it cold."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"Finally, the logs were dried, planed, and shipped to the market. Stickney & Page Dam, Cascade, Hallowell, 1871Hubbard Free Library"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… the river, just upriver of where the Waterfront Market on Wadsworth Street now stands. Knox’s wastebook is riddled with references to his lime…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… Sawyer: What do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with that."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Later the store was changed into Worthen’s Market. In 1952 a new heating system was put into the hall."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… 60’s the IGA moved into a new building, Worthen’s Market opened at the Odd Fellows Building, and a new church was built on High Street."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… transport live lobsters over longer distances to markets in Boston and New York. In response to a demand for lobster that exceeded the range of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Bayley’s shipped lobsters to the Fulton Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… investment made by the trappers who found a great market for the beaver pelts. Beaver hats were in fashion! Trappers also trapped mink, martin…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… especially in view of today’s competitive labor market.” Mercy Hospital’s School of Nursing remained an important part of the institution’s…"