Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… Charles was thrown into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage (1877-1965), at the young age of 19 when he was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… with activity and buildings housing a variety of businesses and services on all levels. Efforts to revive the downtown area continue, but it will…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… earned a college degree, and started her own business. She later expressed gratitude to “the original staff for their uncommon strength and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… 24 June 1864 X After the war ended both the business and people of Biddeford began to recover."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The business employed seven or eight islanders full time and up to a dozen part time, but the business could not be sustained."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"(The largest physical manifestation of this endeavor still stands today and remains open for business, though no longer under Savage ownership: the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"“All places of business were closed, and the mills shut down. Flags were to be seen everywhere, and the demand for red, white, and blue ribbons…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"These businesses existed largely to supply food and transportation to the Asticou Inn’s summer guests."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Henry and Seth Clark were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"He used to do a big business with birchbark frames. He didn’t have to go to Bar Harbor to sell them because people came to him.” Continue to…"

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

"The cheese making business generated a need for more milk, because 10 pounds of milk produced one pound of cheese."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"As often happens, businesses which can support war necessities did well, and hired workers. Manufacturing in Biddeford and other cities which had…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… and Saco, but many also opened their own small businesses. The influx of immigration created cultural but more specifically, religious changes to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… and used for a summer taxi, chauffer, and storage business they operated called Asticou Garage. Mary L."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… industry, which became the predominant regional business for more than 150 years. Milburn and Bloomfield were established on opposite banks of the…"

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

"… the improvement been greater than in the management of the mails which is so vital to the business interest of any community. (Small, 235-237)"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Clement and Roberts did brisk business, with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… apprentice in the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, travel through Europe, and open his own landscape architecture business."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a pioneer in that field. Finally, the Champlain Society is significant because the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… by participating in the robust import-export business that thrived in coastal waters off Mount Desert Island."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… and doctors and lawyers opened up successful, busy practices. James Sullivan was one of these lawyers, and would serve as a Judge in the Supreme…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… Mount Desert as a place “to carry on the fishing business,” Abraham Somes met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill moved its clam packing business to Portland in 1897, but continued to employ Pine Point diggers because the firm’s reputation had…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… inconveniently located to conduct their town business. The petition with 36 signatures was submitted to the state legislature in 1856, at about the…"