Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… in the form of a hollow umbrella-shaped sounding-board suspended above his head by a well carved hand and arm let down from the ceiling, as if from…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the acoutrements for both a tight body and a sloven hay racks…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… dollars was eventually raised, a school board elected, and the first school was kept in the loft of Capt John Bennett’s shed until the first school…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"St. Mary of the Isles and Christ Church provided places of worship for this summer community. The Dark Harbor summer residents enjoyed the pleasures…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"They were mainly used for the grocery, fruit trade, and butcher business. The great paper bag manufacturer employed hundreds of young women, and many…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… on the western side of the harbor, built a small boarding house next to the steamboat wharf in the early 1860s."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"This practice was kept up by more than fifty years. Each family would contribute and haul their proportion of the fuel, which was used in an open…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… in 1872 when lumber merchants shipped 246,000,000 board feet of lumber from its port. The great spring river drives down the Penobscot brought the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"All of these people had a hand in creating the town of New Portland. They helped it grow, employed townspeople, and made use of the resources found…"