Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"He ran the mill until 1855. A carding mill is where the clothing is made, and Bodwell’s mill was the first carding mill in Lincoln."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"Drapers Mill & Edes Building, Guilford, ca. 1940Guilford Historical Society After World War Ⅱ, in 1947, Drapers Mill was founded by Fletcher Pride."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"This was the second textile mill in town. Piscataquis Woolen Company Mill, Guilford, 1912Guilford Historical Society The first was built on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… tending the animals, preserving the food, spinning and weaving the clothing, cooking and tending the children. The first physician came to Mt."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"old shoddy mill X Spinning Mill X Before bridges on the island, transportation was provided onto the island by a ferry."