Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"… put them in the box because they’re all skin and bones. So I didn’t like that either. Anna: So did you end up marrying a farmer? Marion: No, no I…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The burned animal bones from their meals include beaver, snapping turtle, caribou, and bear. The Little Ice Age, between AD 1300 and 1850, likely had…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Boning Knife, Islesboro, ca. 1800Islesboro Historical Society The earliest settlers lived from the land and sea."