Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good position to supply stone for buildings and…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies. Drapers Mill was a supplier of box boards to other mills."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… kept in the area for transport of settlers and supplies, but there is no written record of trading vessels being constructed in Thomaston until the…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"My son must be supplied with teams for his fire wood and necessary teaming. The sheep and poultry you will take especial care that they are well fed…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… double sawmill on Mill River to serve as a lumber supply for crude cabins to house the arriving families."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people. If the Weatherbee store didn’t exist people would have to go to a different town…"

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

"… stores, would we have the stores we have now? The supply of goods we have now might not be around without him."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… towns that relied on the mill and the train for supplies. Works Cited "Children." Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers: 31. Web. 15 Apr. 2010."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… the lights on the Thomas Hill Standpipe, which supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… did not have appropriate antibacterial cleaning supplies. The equipment they used would be considered outdated in today’s time."

Caribou Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Each one of these towns is well supplied with handsome mercantile blocks, with banks, electric lights, water systems equal to the best, and sewerage…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… in Stockholm was trying to survive with scarce supplies. People started leaving Stockholm until there were very few people left."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… from Presque Isle to Washburn to open up a new supply of timber for the mill and at a cheaper price."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… for fur hats in Europe eliminated the winter food supply for the food foraging native people of northern Maine."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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