Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… could be seen in the island's economy, labor force, appearance, and even through the very livelihoods of those who live here year-round."

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

"… please to observe clearly, that your personal labor is not so much my object, as that you should see that others in my employ work faithfully."

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

"Most of the physical labor was completed between 1904 and 1905. A few years later, the town took over the administration of the Water Company."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… farmer and needed to return to the hard labor of logging. The next winter he went with a crew of men to work at a location twelve miles into the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Canadians from Quebec and the Maritimes came to labor in them. Google Maps tells us that the distance between Byron and Buckfield—respectively the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"By dint of hard labor and peeseverance we after much trouble arrived at Mann Hill house. Ayers stopped and helped me unload. Set up stove etc."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… especially in view of today’s competitive labor market.” Mercy Hospital’s School of Nursing remained an important part of the institution’s…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… supported middle class artisans and skilled laborers, known as mechanics, with a lending library, apprenticeship programs, monetary loans, and…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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

"… influx in population, caused by the many incoming laborers and their families. The lumbering business made Bangor into a global provider for timber."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… there were 115 miners in town, not counting the laborers and teamsters employed by the mines. In early 1880 there were 29 mining companies in Blue…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… underneath the bridge, and $250 for lumber and labor. Guilford and Sangerville split the expense."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides…"

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

"… particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much less remunerative for the hard work involved."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was named by the fishermen who, after weeklong labors, rested in its sheltered waters on Sundays."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Initially, native people benefited from labor opportunities in lumbering and agriculture. They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and an assortment of carnival rides…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… dedicated in 1959, was built through volunteer labor and financed with bean suppers and other fundraisers."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Two thousand civilians labored around the clock during that spring to build the new Army cantonment which became known as Dow Field."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"In 1860 he was a laborer on the farm of Joshua Allen in Walpole, MA. He enlisted from Cambridgeport, MA, in Company D, 74th New York Infantry on July…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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