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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… meticulously maintained, Secretary of the Bangor Board of Trade Edward Mitchell Blanding assured the public that Riverside Park offered suitable…"

Historic Hallowell - Learn how you can help! Contact Us

"… of Vallee Real Estate and the Hallowell Area Board of Trade, by calling 207-620-7477. email info@historichallowell.org You can also leave a message…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… FBI Agent Bob McIntire – Hallowell Area Board of Trade – Maine Department of Education Jane Radcliffe – Museum Consultant – Former Curator, Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Train tracks are now made of steel or other metals. Presently, automobiles have replaced trains for most transportation purposes."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Courtesy of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… of bed springs 54 1/2 of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1 pair of wheels lamb, potato, fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Each piece of clothing had to be done individually. Once a piece of clothing was washed, she wrung it to get out all the excessive water."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In the first few years of the switch board being here, there were six subscribers, John MacGregor, Dr. L.H."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success. Half of their business was in the Far East…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Then she placed the clothing on a pantry board, or table, and one piece at a time ironed the clothing to get the wrinkles out."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"Some board games. And listening to that- pretty much listening that radio station was our evening entertainment. I think you went to bed earlier."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture for the Year 1892. Augusta, ME: Burleigh, Flynt, Printers to the State, 1893."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"How deliciously the place smelled of freshly ground coffee and of course nothing less than S.S. Pierce’s Mocha and Java."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1867, the Patrons of Husbandry, a farmers’ organization, was founded in Washington, D.C. and through it, Grange chapters sprang up throughout the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Each municipality had its Overseers of the Poor board, and the board was responsible for relieving and supporting all poor and indigent persons…"

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

"Most of the pines measured about a yard across and one hundred feet high and grew so close to each other there was no room for limbs to sprout for…"

Historic Hallowell - Classical and Scientific Academy

"It was a boarding as well as day school. Its board of trustees and management, some of them clergymen, were affiliated with the Congregational…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"Drapers Mill was a supplier of box boards to other mills. In 1953, the mill closed down and Prides bought it a few years later."

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"Each boat had about three or four anchors on board in case one got stuck and had to be cut. For a whole ship to be built with the “technology” they…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front…"

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… the sun sets and day turns to night Children play board games by candle light Although the ice storm caused bad weather It brought families and…"