Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"As the Rockefeller family planted their roots on Mt. Desert Island, Donald Bryant was making history of his own."

Prince Memorial Library

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

"Others were in the area collecting plants and insects and marine invertebrates and inspecting geology in the late nineteenth century, but the…"

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

"Pressing plants and other types of natural history collecting, as well as sharing findings from collecting excursions, remained popular among…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"As land was cleared, wheat and corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as well as oats for livestock."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"But to go back to the fort, we went in and planted the stars and stripes on the parapet and soon after, our old star-spangled banner was seen waving…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Then, on March 4, 1968, Standard Packaging announced that it was closing its plants in Brewer and Lincoln."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on their return from the ocean. Before the first dam on the island, there were two…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… up on a farm right on the outskirts of Albion, planting and harvesting food for his community, and got a small education at the age of 13."

Maine State Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of 1900, the bag machines from the New York plant were shipped to Rumford Falls and put in place beside the ones already in operation here."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Colby College Special Collections

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They also would plant what little food that would grow, including pumpkins, squash and a lot of corn."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Later industries included a cod liver oil plant, the smell of which is still remembered by some islanders."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Here they planted corn and potatoes. In the fall of that year, Joseph Weston, Peter Heywood and one of the boys returned to Massachusetts to bring…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Titcomb prepared well. He built a log home and planted crops for later use. He set out in 1780 with his, wife Betsey, her brother, a small son and a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following King Phillip’s War."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the future for the County and said that “when planted in season, are equal in quantity and quality to any…The climate and soil both seem[ed]…"

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

"Bartlett rebuilt the wood turning plant, equipping it with a new water wheel to power the mill. Lester Henderson was influential in business and town…"

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

"C.H. Bartlett soon rebuilt a modern wood turning plant. A new water wheel with metal penstock and housing was installed which was rated for 150 horse…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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