Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"Photograph of cattle competition at the Blue Hill Fair, 1957Blue Hill Public Library Today, with the work of the Blue Hill Heritage Trust's Farmland…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… of the reasons that shipbuilding stopped were competition from other shipyards and the new technologies of the ironclads and the steam engine."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… later 1800s, Blue Hill Academy began to feel the competition as other schools and academies began to appear in Maine."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… from Caribou and Houlton had also purchased competitive horses. (Shown here is a receipt of partial ownership in Braden) Mooseleuk is not an…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… in agricultural matters, and stimulating a competition among farmers.” (History of the Farmington Fair, The First 150 Years: 1840-1990, Mildred…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and varied choices of items to purchase at very competitive prices. Islanders are indeed fortunate that a few stores remain which still provide for…"

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

"… that once thrived have closed due to foreign competition and a poor woods market. Central Elementary in the North, the last school in town, closes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… assisted local farmers by reducing Canadian competition in the potato market. While serving in the Maine State Senate, Gould chaired the Committee…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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