Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… Following the close of the war, Dunn & Elliot (D&E), established a sailmaking business, making sails for the major shipbuilding firm of Chapman…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Hussey, H. Douglass, J. Pollock, D.R. Straw, Z.L. Turner, and F.B. Stevens. Years later, The Draper Corporation, utilizing part of the premises…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"at the corner of Vermont and U Streets in northwest Washington, D.C. Phebe and Olin met in Surry upon his return from five years on the battlefields…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"3 (July 1997), 515-548 Dunbabin, J. P. D. “Red Lines on Maps: The Impact of Cartographical Errors on the Border between the United States and British…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Print. Heseltine, Charles D. Bangor's Street Railway. Warehouse Point, Conn.: Connecticut Valley Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, 1974."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… the tablet says, “Erected by the City of Bath A.D. 1867," and Dedicated to, "THE MEMORY OF HER SONS, Who Died, That the Nation Might Live.” There…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"McCann and Sons, a company that built fire trucks. The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Smith, John P. Flagg, Eben G. Dole, C.D. Bachelder and Captain Lawson Watts. The cotton mill was three stories high and 252’ long."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the…"

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

"Weese of Chicago. The company was called Carrabassett Dowel Company. Some of the local people found employment at this mill."

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

"Cross Boot & Shoe Maker S.H. Webb “ “ “ “ D.S. Bennett Blacksmith Samuel F. Cutts Axe Maker D.Butler Millwright & Jointer A.A."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… working relationship with summer resident John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was forged in 1953 when Charles learned of the clearcutting of trees near…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"The 22nd Maine Regiment consisted of ten companies and one-hundred people were in each company; thus, there were approximately one-thousand people in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Access Genealogy, n.d. Web. 1 Jan 2010. (N) Maine: The Pine Tree State from prehistory to the present. Ed. Richard W. Judd, Edwin A."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"With the construction of the Oxford Paper Company in the planning stages, he could see that there would be a shortage of housing."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"“Will” Brown, O.D., was the owner of a Main Street business in Lincoln for many years. His wife’s name was Margery (Weatherbee) Brown, and his son’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"Whiting & Sons Company. In this photo, the town of Guilford was preparing for the Guilford Centennial Celebration in 1916."

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Elise Fellows White performing Chopin's Etude in D, 1942 Click to hear Elise Fellows White playing her violinSkowhegan History House Drawing…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… family.” Lubec High School Band, Washington, D.C., 1965Lubec Memorial Library The booming economy brought by the sardine industry resulted in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"It was sold to E.D Holt in the early 1940s for $305.24 and then in 1947 it was sold yet again, to Consuello Sides."

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

"He chiseled D.H. 1783 on the front and E.H. on the back. Also recorded this account in town records so future generations would know the history of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… primarily engaged in the defense of Washington, D.C. They were encamped overlooking the Potomac and Alexandria Rivers near Franconia, in Fairfax…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

""The Governor Neptune" 3-D steamboat by Tatianna Barkowsky X Present: Steamboats were a very effective means by which to transport people and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Aroostook_War>. Fellows, Dana W. "Stinchfield." History of the Town of Lincoln Penobscot…"