Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Native Americans had a much different concept of land ownership. It was not unusual for them to sell land to different exploring entrepreneurs."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Company trolley, Hampden, circa 1900Hampden Historical Society Easily accessible from Bangor and Brewer by…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"French & Elliott Company, Masonic Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1916Guilford Historical Society Meeting at the Guilford Odd Fellows Hall…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the arrival of the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company in 1888, which began buying large parcels of farm land at the southern end of the island…"

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

"… promotions, the highest becoming Captain of the E Company of the 8th regiment of Maine on October 19, 1863."

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

"… the time the Railroad Bridge is completed and the company are ready to land passengers and freight upon their new grounds, a good roadway will have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Underwood who established the Underwood Canning Company in Boston around 1825. In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… the paper was sent back to Boston to a newspaper company. The buttons, considered useless, were carelessly thrown into a barrel."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Rockland, Blue Hill, Ellsworth Steamboat Company, which later became part of the Eastern Steamship Company, offered high class transportation to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the factory known first as Berst Foster, Dixfield Company, later known as the Diamond Match branch of Diamond National."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some lieutenants commanding by detail other companies than their own; and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… Motors and Buck Motors were were two rival car companies in Lincoln from about 1939 to 1945. They have few things in common."

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

"Hussey Woolen Company. With water rushing over the dam, logs were hurled directly through the windows of the lower floors of both mills."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor: Furbush-Roberts Printing Company, 1998. Print. Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field Book. New York: Harper Brothers, 1896. Print."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… from the outside world.” Columbian Canning Company Smokehouse Employees, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society Sardine Industry Julius…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"John IV and others bought out the company in 1928 and organized General Mills, Inc. The contributions that John Crosby and his descendants made to…"

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

"Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society Also in 1901, a post office was establishing. Lewis Anderson was the postmaster."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… 18, 1803, they were granted half a township of land out of any unappropriated lands in the district to use for building the Academy."

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

"… was known as the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company. This organization subdivided and brokered much of the Dark Harbor property to wealthy…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Postcard of 1897 Auditorium X Postcard of 1897 Auditorium With Horsedrawn Carriages X…"

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

"… Carrabassett Creamery, was organized as a stock company in Nov.1899. The factory was built near the bridge crossing Gilman Stream."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company in 1947. This move proved to be an invaluable step in the preservation of Lincoln’s history."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"The militia Jacob joined was known as the “A-Company of Riflemen, Sixth Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division.” Jacob was also elected town clerk."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… contributing to the community, and enjoying the company of their peers. In the early 1920s Ridlonville played host to a chapter of the Ku Klux…"