Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon the shoreline and hillsides were filled with estates belonging to bankers, industrialists, and railroad men."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… brother went with them and he drove a horse-sled filled with beds and other furniture. Betsey, her young son and the baby rode in the sled."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But he leveled Little Blue, and filled in Rollo Pond. In 1969, the State took the property by Eminent Domain, it was cleaned up and Rollo Pond was…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"Many of the buildings were filled with wounded and dead rebel soldiers. The most of the male portion of the inhabitants were in the army, either…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… a hot air balloon that got away as it was being filled and sailed over Blue Hill Mountain. Fortunately, it came down in the nearby town of Orland…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… with 4 core courses, and 3 other blocks to fill with electives and study halls. Now, as standards have been raised, everybody does some classes…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"They dug, scraped, and sifted dirt to fill-in the picture of daily living. The researchers uncovered tens of thousands of artifacts – pottery…"

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

"As the island filled with summer residents, many additional businesses and services became immediately necessary."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Yet the work of filling them was the same essentially as at the beginning of the industry, and still was “women’s work.” Some mechanization in this…"

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

"In the late 30s and 40s, there was a drug store, filling station, a garage and 3 grocery stores on the main street and Lester Henderson had a small…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The interior is filled with heavy stones and gravel. The tops will be some three or four feet above the highest water mark. Dec."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Senate as a Republican to fill the vacancy left when Bert M. Ferland passed away. He served in the U.S."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Misses May (Julia Harris May and Sara R May) filled in the gap when they established the May School in 1868. F. G. Butler and T."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the pay to $325 for each man who volunteered to fill Islesboro’s quota of twenty men. In total, Islesboro paid out for bounty $23,097 and furnished…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the landscape of the downtown…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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