Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… and Wildlife (MDIFW) began a twenty-year process of acquiring the marsh. The Scarborough Marsh is now owned and managed by the MDIFW."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… are no longer required to play a role in the process of keeping the school warm. Technology John, grade 6 Maine was the first state to seize the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Other companies processed and distributed milk, cream, and butter, and the surplus milk was used to make cheese."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1979, Strong began the process of designing and building a new system, consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"… milling, papermaking, built ships, fished, and processed fish; mined and cut granite and slate; cut and shipped ice, as well as farmed the state's…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"… meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… a venue for many people to learn about his scientific voyages and feel a part of the preparations and process of the trips. View this Exhibit"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… elevator (sold his patents to Otis); designer of fishing reels (also see business leader below) Supply Belcher 1751-1836: American composer…"

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

"… meadows, wide intervale and good hunting and fishing that the region offered. The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… wheels, beans, sugar, spices, slabs of salt fish, molasses barrels and the pot belly stove. The store became a “nucleus for wholesale trade in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the draw. But those same folks coming from Boston or New York could…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in November 1865, the building was raised five or six feet above the…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"During this process, Maine's status within Massachusetts Bay remained in question, particularly as European expansion exacerbated tensions between…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Processing lumber, Surry, ca. 1903Surry Historical Society Parts of the mill were used to build another mill in Surry that belonged to Harvey…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox farms generally consisted of 200 foxes. Foxes were fed fish and horse meat. When it was time for the foxes to be skinned, they were skinned in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"In the process we may well learn that some of those two-rut roads through the woods lead, not nowhere, but to each other."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… a fulling and carding mill was constructed to process wool. Waterpower generated from the middle channel of the sluiceway supported these mills."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… sulphite pulp to Kraft pulp (a more efficient process of turning wood into pulp). That same year Eastern Corporation and Standard Packaging…"